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If you don't surrender to Christ, you surrender to chaos.

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
Surrender
Chaos
Prayer
Religion
Christian
Christ

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