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God Hold us to that which drew us first, when the Cross was the attraction, and we wanted nothing else.

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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Wanted
Firsts
Nothing
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Attraction
Cross
Crosses
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