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We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not a Bible standard.

Vance Havner

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Vance Havner
Age: 77 †
Born: 1886
Born: February 16
Died: 1963
Died: May 2
Clergyman
Literary Critic
Literary Historian
Plainfield
New Jersey
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Interested
American
Quantity
Less
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Christian
Production
Often
Productions
Particularly
Bible

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