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Grace and glory differ very little the one is the seed, the other is the flower grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant.

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Thomas Brooks
Age: 77 †
Born: 1880
Born: July 7
Died: 1958
Died: February 15
Politician
Thurgoland
South Yorkshire
Thomas Judson Brooks
Flower
Glory
Chastisement
Grace
Militant
Christian
Triumphant
Littles
Differ
Little
Seed
Seeds
Blessing

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