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Know, by sad experience, what it is to be lulled to sleep with a false peace. Long was I lulled asleep long did I think myself a Christian, when I knew nothing of the Lord Jesus Christ.

George Whitefield

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George Whitefield
Age: 55 †
Born: 1714
Born: December 16
Died: 1770
Died: September 30
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