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We are a generation of non-praying saints. Non-praying saints are a beggarly gang of saints, who have neither the ardour nor the beauty, nor the power of saints.

E. M. Bounds — Purpose in Prayer

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Purpose in Prayer

Chapter V, 1920 - Chapter V, 1920

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