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Amid the stirring and manifold activities of the age in which we live, to be neutral in the strife is to rank with the enemies of the Saviour. There is no greater foe to the spread of His cause in the world than the placid indifferentism which is too honorable to betray, while it is too careless or too cowardly to join Him.

William Morley Punshon

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William Morley Punshon
Age: 56 †
Born: 1824
Born: May 29
Died: 1881
Died: April 14
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Wm. M. Punshon
William M. Punshon
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