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Black-belt diamonds;

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Religion and Worldly Substance

We might as well settle down to the uncompromising
fact that our people will grow in
proportion as we teach them that the way to
have the most of Jesus and in a permanent
form is to mix with their religion some land,
cotton, and corn, a house with two or three
rooms, and a little bank account. With these


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interwoven with our religion, there will be a
foundation for growth upon which we can build
for all time. Foundation and Growth.