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Charles Grandison Finney Quotes: In nearly all cases, if the people complain of the length of our sermons it is because we fail to interest them personally in what we have to say.
         

In nearly all cases, if the people complain of the length of our sermons it is because we fail to interest them personally in what we have to say.


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