William Croswell Doane: Why pray, fast and give during Lent?

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“The end of Lent is to form habits and make character, and it is misspent if it leaves no mark upon our lives.”

William Croswell Doane (1832-1913), Episcopal Bishop of Albany in Lent: The Holy Season (Washington, D.C.: Neale Publishing Company, 1902) 29.