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... later . A strong preacher and popular , successful leader of young people . PROF . GEORGE S. FOREST , Of Ellsworth College , Iowa Falls , Iowa . Farmer's son , educated at Cornell College , Ia . Has had a successful career as farmer ...
... later . A strong preacher and popular , successful leader of young people . PROF . GEORGE S. FOREST , Of Ellsworth College , Iowa Falls , Iowa . Farmer's son , educated at Cornell College , Ia . Has had a successful career as farmer ...
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... later , what is he ? Books are men and women transferred by their thoughts to paper , and , if we are wise , before we admit one to the sanctities of our homes , we will ask who wrote it , and what is it ? Wise and good thoughts produce ...
... later , what is he ? Books are men and women transferred by their thoughts to paper , and , if we are wise , before we admit one to the sanctities of our homes , we will ask who wrote it , and what is it ? Wise and good thoughts produce ...
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gave it birth . The trouble with doctrines in their later history is , generally , that the original pulse has ceased to beat in them , the life blood has dried out of them , and they are no longer per- sonal , but furniture for the ...
gave it birth . The trouble with doctrines in their later history is , generally , that the original pulse has ceased to beat in them , the life blood has dried out of them , and they are no longer per- sonal , but furniture for the ...
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... later middle ages . The relation which discipleship indicates is an exceedingly earnest one , and an exceedingly prolific one , for it denotes on the one side the commitment of the higher to the lower , and , on the other , the ...
... later middle ages . The relation which discipleship indicates is an exceedingly earnest one , and an exceedingly prolific one , for it denotes on the one side the commitment of the higher to the lower , and , on the other , the ...
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wealth by despoiling others , like them , will sooner or later sink beneath the weight of their spoils . He who gets riches as spoil taken from others , rather than as the product of his own honest efforts and skill , must always ...
wealth by despoiling others , like them , will sooner or later sink beneath the weight of their spoils . He who gets riches as spoil taken from others , rather than as the product of his own honest efforts and skill , must always ...
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