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It is not the place where we are, or the work that we do or cannot do that matters, it is something else. It is the fire within that burns and shines, whatever be our circumstances.

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
Within
Whatever
Shines
Else
Burns
Place
Shining
Cannot
Matters
Matter
Circumstances
Work
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Fire

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