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Spitting in the Face of a Saint

One of the great nineteenth-century preachers was a Scottish Presbyterian, Alexander Whyte, a wonderful man with a powerful sense of the evil that resided in the depths of his soul. His biographer says Whyte served a congregation that dearly loved him for nearly forty years.

One day a lovely lady came to him and said, "Dr. Whyte, I just love being in your presence. You are so saintly."

Alexander Whyte looked at her with great seriousness and said, "Madam, if you could look into my soul, what you would see would make you spit in my face."

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