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To live by worry is to live against reality

E. Stanley Jones

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E. Stanley Jones
Age: 89 †
Born: 1884
Born: January 3
Died: 1973
Died: January 25
Missionary
Theologian
Baltimore
Maryland
Eli Stanley Jones
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When we talk about what we believe we divide. When we talk about who we believe in we unite.
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