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I prayed fifteen years for the conversion of my oldest brother. When he seemed to be getting further and further away from any hope of conversion, I prayed on.

R. A. Torrey

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R. A. Torrey
Age: 72 †
Born: 1856
Born: January 28
Died: 1928
Died: October 26
Theologian
University Teacher
Writer
Hoboken
New Jersey
Reuben Archer Torrey
Reuben Torrey
Brother
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Hope
Prayed
Away
Oldest
Years
Conversion
Fifteen
Seemed

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