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David Brainerd, a missionary to the American
Indians and one of the greatest missionaries
in the world, had tuberculosis for a number
of years and died at 29 years of age — a
godly missionary, gave his life and died at
29 years of age. I saw a black man recently
who turned 109 — still smoking cigars and
drinking and driving his pickup truck. Who
can figure this out? Fanny Crosby, blind just
about all of her life, loved God. She couldn't
see you but she could see God. Many
atheists and agnostics have great eyesight.
A man used to sit in our church to my left
over here who lived into his 90s — a
delightful man to be around, loved the Lord,
loved life, loved driving, loved eating. But
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