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“The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.”

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Charles Bent
Charles Bent

Charles Bent, born on November 11, 1799, and died on January 19, 1847, was an individual whose profession and category are currently unknown. more

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