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How many people would like to get up in a social prayer-meeting to say a few words for Christ, but there is such a cold spirit of criticism in the church that they dare not do it.

Dwight L. Moody

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Dwight L. Moody
Age: 62 †
Born: 1837
Born: February 5
Died: 1899
Died: December 22
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