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To do more was supererogation, and ought to be credited to zeal In a short time I found that these Confederates worked their escape through the use of gold supplied them by their sympathizers in bribing the guards.— Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After
Concerning the fallacy of this doctrine the author has written (_The Great Apostasy_, 9:15), in this wise: "This doctrine of supererogation is as unreasonable as it is unscriptural and untrue.— Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
As to "supererogation" see page 590 herein 1513] "The Great Apostasy," chaps.— Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
From the Christian standpoint there are no works of supererogation, and there is no room in the Christian life for excess or margin.— Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics

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