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“How the prince of this world presses and throngs with clamours, more or less noble and good, but all in order to keep us away from devoting all to Him.” quote by David McCasland — Download Open image

““How the prince of this world presses and throngs with clamours, more or less noble and good, but all in order to keep us away from devoting all to Him.””

David McCasland

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