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Hosea Ballou was an American writer known for his religious and philosophical works. Born on April 30, 1771, in Northampton, Massachusetts, he spent much of his life advocating for spiritual freedom and social reform. His most famous work, 'The Book of Mormon', was published posthumously in 1852. Ballou's writings had a significant impact on the religious and social landscape of his time.

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“Envy may justly be called "the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity;" it is the most acid fruit that grows on the stock of sin, a fluid so subtle that nothing but the fire of divine love can purge it from the soul.”

May Soul Grows Sin Fire Divine Fruit Envy Subtle Bitterness Divine Love Acid Fluid Iniquity

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“Most people who commit a sin count on some personal benefit to be derived therefrom, but profanity has not even this excuse.”

People Sin Benefits Excuse Commit Profanity

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“It is the goodly outside that sin puts on which tempteth to destruction. It has been said that sin is like the bee, with honey in its mouth, but a sting in its tail.”

Has Beens Said Sin Mouths Destruction Honey Bees Tails

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“O sin, how you paint your face! how you flatter us poor mortals on to death! You never appear to the sinner in your true character; you make fair promises, but you never fulfil one; your tongue is smoother than oil, but the poison of asps is under your lip!”

Character Faces Sin Poor Promise Fairs Paint Lips Tongue Oil Mortals Poison Sinner Your Face True Character

Book:A Treatise on Atonement: In which the Finite Nature of Sin is Argued, Its Cause and Consequences as Such; the Necessity and Nature of Atonement; and Its Glorious Consequences, in the Final Reconciliation of All Men to Holiness and Happiness

Source: A Treatise on Atonement: In which the Finite Nature of Sin is Argued, Its Cause and Consequences as Such; the Necessity and Nature of Atonement; and Its Glorious Consequences, in the Final Reconciliation of All Men to Holiness and Happiness

“Of all the ingenious mistakes into which erring man has fallen, perhaps none have been so pernicious in their consequences, or have brought so many evils into the world, as the popular opinion that the way of the transgressor is pleasant and easy.”

Men World Way Has Beens Evil Easy Sin Mistake Opinion Consequence Fallen Pleasant Ingenious Pernicious Popular Opinion Erring

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“There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all.”

Sin Consequence Punishment Immunity Consequences Of Sin

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“Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone.”

Firsts May Remember Sin Stones Casts Remember When Slander

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