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Doctrine is the frame-work of life it is the skeleton of truth, to be clothed and rounded out by the living graces of a holy life. It is only the lean creature whose bones become offensive.

Adoniram Judson Gordon

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Adoniram Judson Gordon
Age: 58 †
Born: 1836
Born: April 19
Died: 1895
Died: January 1
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New Hampshire
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