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I came into this world, on this day,

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a long time ago, when Dwight Eisenhower was

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in the White House, Hollywood had censors, states

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had obscenity laws, and there was still a

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fear of God in the land.

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It was a time when only sailors had

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tattoos, and marriage was still between a man

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and a woman.

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It was a day when gross evil stayed

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in the shadows, perversion was illegal, television was

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black and white, and there were still lines

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between right and wrong in society.

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It was a time before vulgarity and indecency

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were in vogue, and there was still a

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moral code in the land.

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It was a time when churches still had

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weekly prayer meetings, hymns were sung about the

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blood, and preachers weren't afraid to warn sinners

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about a future judgment and an everlasting hell,

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and they warned you that you must repent

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or go on to hell.

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It was a time when the church still

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had a voice of authority and influence in

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the land.

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Like I said, I've been around a long

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while now, and almost died last year in

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the hospital, but God wasn't through with me

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yet.

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At my age, I have outlived George Whitefield,

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Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, Sam Jones, and D

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.L. Moody, but hopefully I have not outlived

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my usefulness to God.

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Graham Scroggie said of Stephen the Mortar, One's

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life should not be measured in length of

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days, but in usefulness.

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Stephen means crown, and early did he receive

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his.