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Why Not Now?

Author: J. W. Holsapple

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First Line: Why keep Jesus longer waiting?
Title: Why Not Now?
Author: J. W. Holsapple (1914)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Why not now? O why not now?
Copyright: Public Domain

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