A Summer in Leslie Goldthwaite's LifeS. Low, Son, & Marston, 1867 - 300 pages |
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Page 56 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
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