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Religious externals may have meaning for the God-inhabited soul for any others they are not only useless but may actually become snares, deceiving them into a false and perilous sense of security.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

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Aiden Wilson Tozer
Age: 66 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 21
Died: 1963
Died: May 12
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Pennsylvania
United States
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