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In prayer, we stand where angels bow with veiled faces. There, even there, the cherubim and seraphim adore before that selfsame throne to which our prayers ascend. And shall we come there with stunted requests and narrow, contracted faith?
In prayer, we stand where angels bow with veiled faces. There, even there, the cherubim and seraphim adore before that selfsame throne to which our prayers ascend. And shall we come there with stunted requests and narrow, contracted faith?
Approximate author period: c. 1863 AD · industrial
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- Charles Spurgeon
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- Approximate author period: c. 1863 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Charles Spurgeon: life dates 1834 to 1892. Wikidata Q278825, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q278825 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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