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Anecdotes and Illustrations

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All Things Working Together for Good

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Angry Father Converted, An

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Are You a Murderer?

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Bartender's Jest, A

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Big Interest

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Champion Heavy Weight Pugilist Converted, The

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Child's Prayer Answered, A

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Common Stones Turned Into Diamonds

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Conquered by Compassion

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Converted at Nine Years of Age

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Converted by President Wolsey's Singing

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Converted Jewess, A

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Could Not Get Over Her Father's Life

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Curse Coming Home, The

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Deacon Who Went Fishing on Sunday, A

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Deep Spiritual Concern for Your Soul, A

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Despondency Changed Into Abounding Joy

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Do You Believe That, Sir?

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Earth Has No Sorrow That Jesus Cannot Heal

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Fighting Whiskey

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First Sober Christmas in Ten Years

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Forgiven by Both Fathers

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Give Me a Love for Souls

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Give Me Back My Tears

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God Does Give the Holy Spirit in Answer to Prayer

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God Is Love

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God Save My Papa

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God Silences a Scoffer

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God Use This Stammering Tongue

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God Uses a Weak Instrument

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God Won't Take Me Away Without Giving Me Another Chance

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Greatest Sin a Man Can Possibly Commit, The

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Guilty of High Treason

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Holy Ghost Fell Upon Us, The

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Holy Spirit's Power to Convict of Sin, The

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How D. L. Moody Became a Worldwide Evangelist

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How Men Become Infidels

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How the Devil Got Us an Audience

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How the Sun Burst Through the Clouds

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How to Love Jesus

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How to Reach a Son in a Distant Land

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Hunted to Death by Her Own Conscience

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I Am a Scoundrel

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I Am an Infidel

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I Can Hardly Wait

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I Cannot Believe the Bible Because I Am a Scientist

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I Don't Know Him

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I Have Committed a Sin for Which There Is No Forgiveness

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I Have Heard the Biggest Joke

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I Have Seen One of Those Before

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I Lied to You, Sir

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I Thought of My Mother

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I Want to Wait a Little Longer

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I Will Feel for a Man

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I Wish I Were a Christian

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If Any Man Be in Christ Jesus, He Is a New Creature

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If I Could Only Have Saved Just One More

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Infidel Converted Beside a Coffin, An

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Infidel Professor Converted, An

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Infidelity and Licentiousness

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Insulting God

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Is Not God's Word As Good As Mine?

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Isaiah Fifty-Three Six

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Jolly, but Wretched

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Killed by Shame

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Last Opportunity Thrown Away

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Letter From Stillwater Prison, A

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Little Child Shall Lead Them, A

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Lost by Neglect

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Lost Diamond, A

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Lost Through Delay

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Love Conquered

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Meanest Thief in Minneapolis, The

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Music Hall Singer Converted, A

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Never Be Discouraged

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No Greater Joy

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No Pilot Ready

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Of Course There's a Hell

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Only Two Boys

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Opportunity Lost Forever, An

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Other Half of the Gospel, The

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Persistence Pays

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Pray Through

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Prayer Answered on the Other Side of the Globe

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Prayer Fifteen Years Long, A

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President of a Racing Association Converted, The

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Publisher's Note

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Rescued

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Satisfied

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Saved and Healed

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Saved at Ninety-Two

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Saved Five Minutes

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Saved in a Theater

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Show Me Myself

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Sold Her Soul for One Dance

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Spirit Illumined the Face of Jesus, The

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The Fire Is in the Fifth Story, I'm in the Sixth

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The Harvest Is Past, the Summer Is Ended, and I Am Not Saved

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Theological Professor Doing the Devil's Work, A

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There Is but a Step Between Me and Death

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There Will Be No Dance Tonight

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Three Silver Dollars

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Two Lawyers Convinced

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Untutored Savage Silences a Man of Science, An

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Waiting for an Opportunity

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We Shall Be Like Him

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Well-Known Entertainer Becomes a Soul Winner, A

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Which Are You Like?

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Whom the Lord Loveth He Chasteneth

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Won by a Smile

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Won by Love

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Worth More Than a Bank Account

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Would-Be Suicide Saved by Prayer, A