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God shapes the world by prayer. The more prayer there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces of against evil

Edward McKendree Bounds

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Edward McKendree Bounds
Age: 78 †
Born: 1835
Born: August 15
Died: 1913
Died: August 24
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Shelby County
Missouri
E. M. Bounds
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