If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better…

John Owen
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If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them. ✨ John Owen (1862). The Works of John Owen, p.319
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If we would talk less and pray more about them, things would be better than they are in the world: at least, we should be better enabled to bear them. ✨ John Owen (1862). The Works of John Owen, p.319

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