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Those whimpering Stateside young people will wake up on the Day of Judgment condemned to worse fates than these demon-fearing Indians, because, having a Bible, they were bored with it - while these never heard of such a thing as writing.

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Jim Elliot
Age: 28 †
Born: 1927
Born: October 8
Died: 1956
Died: January 8
Bible Translator
Missionary
Translator
Portland
Oregon
Philip James Elliot
Heard
Condemned
Young
Demon
Writing
Bored
Thing
Wake
Never
Bible
Whimpering
People
Worse
Fates
Fate
Fearing
Judgment
Indians

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