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Doctrines: Not for Controversy
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
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'A huge fragment of rock from an adjacent cliff fell upon horizontal part of the hill below, which was occupied by the gardens and vineyards of two peasants. It covered part of the property of each, nor could it be easily decided to whom the unexpected visitor belonged: but the honest rustics instead of troubling the gentlemen of the long robe with their dispute, wisely resolved to end it by each party excavating the half of the rock on his own grounds, and converting the whole into two useful cottages, with comfortable rooms, and cellars for their little stock of wine, and there they now reside with their families. After such a sort will wise men deal with the great doctrines of the gospel; they will not make them the themes of angry controversy, but of profitable use. To fight over a doctrine is sorry waste of time, but to live in the quiet enjoyment of it is the truest wisdom.'
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Spurgeon, Charles. Entry for 'Doctrines: Not for Controversy'. Spurgeon's Illustration Collection. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fff/d/doctrines-not-for-controversy.html. 1870.
