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Isaiah said of him, his name shall be called

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Wonderful. And there's no better name to describe

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him. Somebody says, was it necessary for Jesus

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to come? In the first place, Jesus had to come

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that the scripture might be fulfilled. Isaiah

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prophesying of him said, Behold, a virgin shall

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conceive and bear a son and call his name Emmanuel.

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In the second place, he had to come that he might

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be a man and yet a state. the moral taint that

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comes to everyone born into the human race by

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natural means. In the third place, he had to

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come, for the word of God says, to this end was

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the Son of Man manifested that he might destroy

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the works of the devil. Let me ask you, what

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are the master forces in your life? If they are

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the forces of evil and you find yourself in their

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grip, I'm here to tell you of one who was manifested

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2 ,000 years ago to destroy the works of the

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devil and who works as powerfully today as he

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worked then. And if you turn to him, He will

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set you free. He'll destroy the works of the

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devil in you and give you the victory. And your

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days of defeat will be over. And only Jesus Christ,

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the very Son of the living God, can give you

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victory over your defeated life. Well, you say.

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That's marvelous. I need that kind of power in

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my life. But watch. You say I'm already burdened

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with a sense of guilt. I've done enough sin already

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to lose my soul a thousand times over. What about

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the past? I don't need... You, Miss Kuman, did

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tell me that I'm a sinner, that I need deliverance.

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That's well and good, but what about my past?

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I've got wonderful news for you, my friend. And

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my authority is the word of God. And a fool is

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the man or the woman who will take issue with

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God's word. For God's word says... Ye know that

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he was manifested to take away our sins. No Jew

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of that day ever heard an expression like that,

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that he didn't think it once on the day of atonement

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back in the Old Testament. You know the high

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priest would lay his hands on the head of a goat?

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and confess over it the sins of the people and

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then the goat would bear them away into the wilderness

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and they'd be gone forever. Now that goat, during

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the Old Testament dispensation, was the type

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of lamb that was to come. And don't you remember

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how John was baptizing in the River Jordan and

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Jesus came along and John pointed... to him to

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the people and cried behold the lamb of god that

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taketh away the sin of the world you know it's

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hell in a man's breast when his soul is lashed

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by the whips of a guilty conscience there is

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no absolutely no pain that is greater to a human

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being than the pain of a guilty conscience. And

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to the man who knows his sin and loathes it,

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who hates the memory of his sin, and to whose

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soul the consciousness of the wrong that he has

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done is like a hideous nightmare, I... Tell you,

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to this man, the sweetest song that's ever sung,

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the brightest message that was ever delivered,

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is the glad news that in some mysterious way,

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which he can never quite fully comprehend, Jesus

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Christ puts himself underneath that man's sin,

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underneath all that is foul and vile in the experience

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of the past. And Jesus lifts that one up, delivers

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him from the power of sin, cleanseth him from

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all unrighteousness. And that man who was once

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condemned stands pardoned, a new creature in

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Christ Jesus, an heir of God and a joint heir

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with Christ Jesus. I can't understand this wonderful

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experience any more than I can understand the

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deity and divinity of Jesus Christ. Nor can I

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understand the person of Almighty God. But I

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tell you what I know because I have experienced

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it. I've taken the Word of God in face and value.

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And I find it works. I came to him as a sinner.

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And he did exactly what he said he would do.

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He gave peace of mind and peace of soul. That's

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exactly why Christ was manifested. To take away

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sins and say, do you know that God has exhausted?

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the possibilities of human language to let you

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and me and every poor sinful man and woman know

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how completely our sins through the personal

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work of Jesus had been put away? You say my thoughts

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are dirty thoughts. Ah, but listen. Jesus says,

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I will remove thy iniquities from thee as far

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as the east is from the west. You say, but I've

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cursed, I've blasphemed, I've profaned. And the

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word rings back, it's all taken away. I will

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cast all thy sins behind my back. But you say

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I've led a double life? Only God knows my past,

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the vileness of my sins. But he answers back,

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I will cast all thy sins into the depths of the

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sea. You cry out, I've been a crook, a liar,

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a thief, and God's glad answer is, it's all taken

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away. I will blot out thy iniquities as a thick

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cloud. Someone cries out, I took a man's life

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in cold blood, yes. And you've done something

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worse than that. You've crucified the Son of

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God. Your sin rolled the crown of thorns and

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pressed it down his brow. Your sin fastened him

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on the cross. Your sin rolled the spikes through

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his hands and feet. It was your sins that drove

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the spear into his side. It was your sin that

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broke his heart. But somehow I can hear the very...

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angels as they bend low crying out tenderly to

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you it's all taken away and God in his tender

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mercy through the person of Jesus Christ whispers

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to you and says I will remember thy iniquity

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against thee no more forever. How can it be?

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Such good news is too good to believe. Well,

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beloved, that's because you do not know that...

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tenderness, the love, the compassion of God.

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And here comes the other purpose of the incarnation.

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He was manifested to reveal the Father. It says

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in the first chapter of John, the 18th verse,

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that no man has ever seen God. but that Jesus

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Christ was manifested to reveal God to us. He

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that hath seen me, Jesus said, hath seen the

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Father. The only perfect revelation that God

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ever made of himself, he made in Jesus Christ.

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And if you look at him through Jesus, you'll

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know what kind of God he really is. For he that

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hath seen me hath seen the Father. Did you see

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him moved with compassion for the restless multitude

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who were like sheep without a shepherd? That's

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God. Did you see him that night weeping in pity

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over Jerusalem? That's God. Did you hear him

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speak? The blind Bartimaeus told sure. The disciple

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stepped forward and said, Shut up. You're a beggar.

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Who do you think you are to speak to one so holy?

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But Jesus said, Bartimaeus, receive thy sight.

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That's God. Were you so near that you heard him

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speak to the poor woman? With the scarlet stain

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of sin on her soul, she'd been taken in the very

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act of adultery, and her accusers brought her

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into the very presence of Jesus. The crowd wanted

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her stoned. But Jesus said, Go in peace. And

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sin no more. That's God. Jesus revealed God as

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a father. And as a father, he does not need to

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be reconciled. He's waiting for you to come and

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be reconciled to him. Years ago, in South Texas,

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there was a little home in the country, and one

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night it was burned to the ground. And before

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the neighbors could rescue the family, All were

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burned to death, save one little girl. She was

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not more than nine years of age. But she was

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badly burned on one side of her face, and her

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little body was horribly burned. The rest were

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all burned to death. And the neighbors, after

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a few days when they had consulted among themselves,

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sent Little Mary to the very famous orphan's

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home in Texas. The Buckner Orphan's Home. And

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they advised the noble head of that great orphan's

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home that Little Mary would come and off a train.

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And there that good, precious man of God ducked.

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Dr. Buckner was at the train waiting for her.

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And when she got off the train, her little eyes

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were red from weeping. And she just instinctively

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seemed to know that he was there waiting for

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her. Walking up to Dr. Buckner, she said, Are

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you Dr. Buckner? And he said, Yes, honey, and

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are you Mary? And then she came running to him

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and threw her arms around him. And it was a wonderful

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meeting as she laid her little head up against

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his knee and sobbed with emotion. And then she

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turned her little burned face up into his and

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said, You'll have to be my papa and my mama both.

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And he said, I will the best that I can, Mary.

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And then she went into the home and was looked

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after along with those hundreds of little children.

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The day came that the children were out playing

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in the yard of the orphanage. And down the street

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came Dr. Buckner. The children left their plane

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and rushed over to them, all but little Mary.

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Little burned -face Mary. The children gathered

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around Dr. Buckner, kissed him. Oh, they were

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just so thrilled with him. to say, but little

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Mary stood off several feet away and looked across

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her shoulder, watching the whole affair, sobbing

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like a little heart would break. And when these

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little ones had kissed the good man, he looked

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across and saw Mary and said, Mary, why don't

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you come and kiss me? That was entirely too much

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for her, and she sobbed aloud, and then he went

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over and touched her little chin and lifted it

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up and said, I don't quite understand you, Mary.

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Why didn't you come and kiss me? And the little

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thing had difficulty in speaking. When she did

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speak, she said, Oh, Papa Buckner, I couldn't

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ask you to kiss me. I'm so ugly. After I got

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burned, I'm so... Ugly, I couldn't ask you to

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kiss me. But if you'll just love me like you

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do the other children and just tell me you love

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me, then you don't have to kiss me at all. And

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do you want to know what that great man of God

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did? He pushed all those... beautiful children

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away and took little Mary in his arms and he

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kissed the little burned cheek again and again

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and said, Mary, you are just as beautiful to

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me as are any of the rest. You're Beautiful.

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I was once that ugly child. Sin had left its

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mark upon my life. But Jesus paid it all. All

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to him I owe. Sin had left its crimson stain,

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but Jesus washed it white as snow.