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If you are not a praying person, you are not a Christian.

John Bunyan

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John Bunyan
Age: 59 †
Born: 1628
Born: November 28
Died: 1688
Died: August 31
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Elstow
Bedfordshire
John Bunyan
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To seek yourself in this world is to be lost and to be humble is to be exalted.
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