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I wish, in America, (that) we were as concerned about separation from church and sin as we are about separation between church and state. Church and sin-- it's a monstrous problem.

Leonard Ravenhill

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Leonard Ravenhill
Age: 87 †
Born: 1907
Born: June 18
Died: 1994
Died: November 27
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