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True repentance includes sorrow for sin and contrition of heart. It breaks the heart with sighs and sobs and groans.

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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
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