O LORD, Teach Me To Crush Sin Early.

A child can crush a serpent's egg!
(Charles Spurgeon, "Flowers from a Puritan's Garden" 1883)

"It is easier to crush the egg--
than to kill the serpent!"

It is prudent to break up all
the eggs we can find, before
the reptiles are hatched!

Just so, far greater wisdom will
be shown in early dealing with  
a temptation, than in allowing
it time to make headway.

It is best to correct ourselves
early and unhesitatingly to stamp
out the first sparks of evil desire,
before passion rises to a flame!

A child can crush a serpent's egg--
but who will contend with the venomous
creature which may be hatched from it,
if it is left unbroken?

So is it with that vice which 
stings like a viper!

The first glass can readily be refused;
it is quite another matter to stop when
the wine has entered the brain.

The first lust we may readily avoid;
but when unchaste desires are fully
aroused, who shall bridle them?

O LORD, teach me to crush sin early, 
lest it should gather strength and 
crush me!

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