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Faith and hope and patience and all the strong beautiful vital forces of piety are withered and dead in a prayerless life. The life of the individual believer his personal salvation and personal Christian graces have their being bloom and fruitage in prayer.

Faith and hope and patience and all the strong beautiful vital forces of piety are withered and dead in a prayerless life. The life of the individual believer his personal salvation and personal Christian graces have their being bloom and fruitage in prayer.

Approximate author period: c. 1874 AD · industrial

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E.M. Bounds
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Approximate author period: c. 1874 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Edward McKendree Bounds: life dates 1835 to 1913. Wikidata Q4018797, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4018797 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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