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"Cross"--Or sin?

There are many queer ideas about cross bearing. I recall a man once saying to me, "I have a fierce temper, but I suppose that is my cross!" "My friend," I said to him (lovingly, I hope!), "That is not your cross, but it is your sin!"

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