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When trust is perfect and there is no doubt, prayer is simply the outstretched hand ready to receive.

Edward McKendree Bounds

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Edward McKendree Bounds
Age: 78 †
Born: 1835
Born: August 15
Died: 1913
Died: August 24
Author
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Shelby County
Missouri
E. M. Bounds
Trust
Ready
Simply
Doubt
Prayer
Hand
Perfect
Outstretched
Hands
Receive

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