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“The cry of distress lays hold of our Lord's omnipotence. It is as easy for God to supply thy greatest as thy smallest wants, even as it was within His power to form a system or an atom, to create a blazing sun as to kindle the fire-fly's lamp.”

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Thomas Guthrie was an individual of an unknown profession active in the 19th century. He was born on July 12, 1803, and passed away on February 24, 1873. more

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