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“It is not the business of religion in these days to isolate herself from the world like John the Baptist. She must go down into the world like Jesus Christ.” quote by Hugh Reginald Haweis — Download Open image

“It is not the business of religion in these days to isolate herself from the world like John the Baptist. She must go down into the world like Jesus Christ.”

Hugh Reginald Haweis

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