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Whoever in prayer can say, 'Our Father', acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind.

Tryon Edwards

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Feels
Whoever
Acknowledge
Mankind
Prayer
Race
Father
Whole
Acknowledges
Feel
Brotherhood

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