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We shall not adjust our Bible to the age but before we have done with it, by God’s grace, we shall adjust the age to the Bible.

Charles Spurgeon

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Charles Spurgeon
Age: 57 †
Born: 1834
Born: June 19
Died: 1892
Died: January 31
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon
C. H. Spurgeon
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