C.H. Spurgeon Quotes

Very well, I am willing to look at children, and I am unwilling that any should say a word that is harsh or severe against children’s nature; but I will say that any man who declares children to be born perfect never was a father; for if he would only watch his own child, not merely when that child has its toys around it and is pleased and happy, but when its little temper is ruffled, he would soon perceive evil nestling there. Your child without evil!—you without eyes, you mean!! 615.104 Striking is that text, “They go astray from the womb, speaking lies.” An old Puritan puts it, “They go astray before they go: they speak lies before they speak;” and so it is. 1007.471