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We preach to men as if they were conscious they were dying sinners, they are not they are having a good time.

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Oswald Chambers
Age: 43 †
Born: 1874
Born: July 24
Died: 1917
Died: November 15
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Theologian
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Aiberdeen
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Sinner
Conscious
Dying
Good
Men
Time
Sinners

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