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<p> There once lived in [[Ghent]] a beggar, who was accustomed to collect alms upon the pretence that he had a secret disease lying in his bones and weakening his whole body, and that he dared not for shame mention the name of it. This appeal was exceedingly successful, until a person in authority more curious than the rest, insisted upon following him, and examining him at home. At last the beggar confessed as follows:: 'That which pains me you see not; but I have a shameful disease in my bones, so that I cannot work; some call it sloth, and others term it idleness.' Alas! that so many in our churches should be so far gone with | Indolence: A Shameful Sickness <ref name="term_75884" /> | ||
==References == | <p> There once lived in [[Ghent]] a beggar, who was accustomed to collect alms upon the pretence that he had a secret disease lying in his bones and weakening his whole body, and that he dared not for shame mention the name of it. This appeal was exceedingly successful, until a person in authority more curious than the rest, insisted upon following him, and examining him at home. At last the beggar confessed as follows:: 'That which pains me you see not; but [[I]] have a shameful disease in my bones, so that [[I]] cannot work; some call it sloth, and others term it idleness.' Alas! that so many in our churches should be so far gone with [[This]] [[Same]] [[Sickness.]] </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_75884"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-spurgeon-s-illustration-collection/indolence:+a+shameful+sickness Indolence: A Shameful Sickness from Charles Spurgeon's Illustration Collection]</ref> | <ref name="term_75884"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/charles-spurgeon-s-illustration-collection/indolence:+a+shameful+sickness Indolence: A Shameful Sickness from Charles Spurgeon's Illustration Collection]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:09, 13 October 2021
Indolence: A Shameful Sickness [1]
There once lived in Ghent a beggar, who was accustomed to collect alms upon the pretence that he had a secret disease lying in his bones and weakening his whole body, and that he dared not for shame mention the name of it. This appeal was exceedingly successful, until a person in authority more curious than the rest, insisted upon following him, and examining him at home. At last the beggar confessed as follows:: 'That which pains me you see not; but I have a shameful disease in my bones, so that I cannot work; some call it sloth, and others term it idleness.' Alas! that so many in our churches should be so far gone with This Same Sickness.
