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Prayer is not a way of making use of God prayer is a way of offering ourselves to God in order that He should be able to make use of us.

William Barclay

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William Barclay
Age: 70 †
Born: 1907
Born: December 5
Died: 1978
Died: January 24
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Classical Scholar
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University Teacher
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