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Let me be as the bullock which stands between the plough and the altar, to work or to be sacrificed and let my motto be, Ready for either.

Charles Spurgeon

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Charles Spurgeon
Age: 57 †
Born: 1834
Born: June 19
Died: 1892
Died: January 31
Autobiographer
Cleric
Hymnwriter
Missionary
Pastor
Preacher
Theologian
Writer
Kelvedon
Essex
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
C. H. Spurgeon
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