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If I am to wholly follow the Lord Jesus Christ, I must forsake everything that is contrary to Him.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

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Aiden Wilson Tozer
Age: 66 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 21
Died: 1963
Died: May 12
Author
Clergyman
Theologian
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Pennsylvania
United States
Aiden Wilson Tozer
Jesus
Christ
Everything
Must
Forsake
Wholly
Contrary
Follow
Lord

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