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Do not fight the thing in detail: turn from it. Look ONLY at your Lord. Sing. Read. Work.

Amy Carmichael

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Amy Carmichael
Age: 83 †
Born: 1867
Born: December 16
Died: 1951
Died: January 18
Author
Missionary
Writer
Downshire
Amy Beatrice Carmichael
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