Give yourself to the church. You that are members of the church have not found it perfect, and I hope that you feel almost glad that you have not. If I had never joined a church till I had found one that was perfect, I should never have joined one at all; and the moment I did join it, if I had found one, I should have spoiled it, for it would not have been a perfect church after I had become a member of it. Still, imperfect as it is, it is the dearest place on earth to us.

— Charles H. Spurgeon
The Metropolitan Tabernacle, Sermon (1914): “Joining the Church” based on 2 Corinthians 8:5

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