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“The soft life makes people useless. Without toil and struggle sanctification won’t come.”
“The soft life makes people useless. Without toil and struggle sanctification won’t come.”
Last updated on: January 26, 2017 at 10:49 pm
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“The soft life makes people useless. Without toil and struggle sanctification won’t come.”
2017-01-26T22:49:45-05:00
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