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Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.

Jim Elliot

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Jim Elliot
Age: 28 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 8
Died: 1956
Died: January 8
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Portland
Oregon
Philip James Elliot
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