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Lifted from the Miry Clay: The Rescue of William Cowper - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Lifted from the Miry Clay: The Rescue of William Cowper

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In the winter of 1763, English poet William Cowper was carried unconscious to St Albans Collegium, a private asylum north of London. He had tried...

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Psalm 40:1-11

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