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Self, service, substance is the Divine order and nothing counts until we give ourselves.

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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Giving
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Service
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