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Oh, will you pray? Stop now and pray, lest desire turn to feeling and feeling evaporate.

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
Inspiration
Turn
Stop
Feeling
Turns
Evaporate
Christian
Lest
Desire
Pray
Feelings
Praying

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