George A. Smith - The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept a...

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The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue.

George A. Smith

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Das ganze Mysterium der Versuchung besteht darin, uns Sünden vorschlagen zu lassen und von einem plötzlichen Enthusiasmus mitgerissen zu werden, der sich manchmal so stark anfühlt wie der Geist Gottes, der in uns je die Begeisterung für die Tugend gemacht hat.

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