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Assurance of hope is more than life, it is health, strength, power, vigor, activity, energy, manliness, beauty.

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J. C. Ryle
Age: 84 †
Born: 1816
Born: May 10
Died: 1900
Died: June 10
Anglican Priest
Bishop Of Liverpool
Cricketer
Writer
Macclesfield
Cheshire
J. C. Ryle
John Ryle
John C. Ryle
Hope
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Manliness
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Life
Assurance
Activity
Strength
Health
Beauty

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