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A cup brimful of sweetness cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, no matter how suddenly jarred.

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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
Even
Sweetness
Cups
Drop
Bitter
Suddenly
Water
Cannot
Spill
Matter
Spills

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