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That sorrow for sin that keeps the soul from looking towards the mercy seat is a sinful sorrow.

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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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