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How white are the fair robes of Charity as she walketh amid the lowly habitations of the poor!

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
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Theologian
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Richmond
New Hampshire
Poor
White
Habitations
Lowly
Robes
Amid
Fairs
Fair
Charity

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