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...even on the low ground of common sense I seemed to be called to be a missionary. Is the kingdom a harvest field? Then I thought it reasonable that I should seek to work where the work was most abundant and the workers fewest.

William Carey

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William Carey
Age: 72 †
Born: 1761
Born: August 17
Died: 1834
Died: June 9
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We must not be contented however with praying, without exerting ourselves in the use of means for the obtaining of those things we pray for.
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