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One can't save and then pitchfork souls into heaven... Souls are more or less securely fastened to bodies... And as you can't get the souls out and deal with them separately, you have to take them both together.

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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
Deal
Pitchforks
Deals
Fastened
Heaven
Securely
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Separately
Together
Missionary
Body
Bodies
Soul
Souls
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Save
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