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# Ebenezer Erskine

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Ebenezer Erskine was a Scottish minister whose actions led to the establishment of the Secession Church.

##  Quotes by Ebenezer Erskine

> [The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment. Whereas the groanings of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ebenezer-erskine/the-triumphing-of-the-wicked-is-short-and-the-joy-of-the-hypocrite/)

[Ebenezer Erskine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ebenezer-erskine/)

[Everlasting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/everlasting/)

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> [So often we give God a partial obedience. We do not dare to disobey, but we do not care to obey fully.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ebenezer-erskine/so-often-we-give-god-a-partial-obedience-we-do-not-dare-to-disobey/)

[Ebenezer Erskine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ebenezer-erskine/)

[Best of both worlds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-of-both-worlds/)

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> [I think, that a man never passes the verge of moral humility, till self-righteousness be dethroned, till the high and towering imaginations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ebenezer-erskine/i-think-that-a-man-never-passes-the-verge-of-moral-humility-till-self/)

[Ebenezer Erskine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ebenezer-erskine/)

[Christianity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christianity/)

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