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When we have learned to offer up every duty connected with our situation in life as a sacrifice to God, a settled employment becomes just a settled habit of prayer.
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine
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Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine
Age: 74 †
Born: 1749
Born: January 10
Died: 1823
Died: November 17
British Politician
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Thomas Erskine
1st Baron Erskine of Restormel Castle
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