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Duty performed gives clearness and firmness to faith, and faith thus strengthened through duty becomes the more assured and satisfying to the soul.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Duty
Gives
Clearness
Becomes
Firmness
Faith
Strengthened
Soul
Performed
Giving
Assured
Satisfying
Thus

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