What is ordinary to you maybe a desert of woeful newness to another.
I was an hungered and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty and ye gave me drink. I was a stranger and ye took me in.
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I was an hungered and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty and ye gave me drink. I was a stranger and ye took me in.
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