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The Stumbling-grains of Sin

As a very little dust will disorder a clock, and the least sand will obscure our sight, so the least grain of sin which is upon the heart will hinder its right motion toward God.

—John Wesley, English theologian and early leader of Methodist movement (1703–1791)

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