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Jun 2024
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Stopping by a Wood with Spurgeon

LIGONIER MINISTRIES
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When the pressure of his busy schedule weighed on him, Charles Spurgeon would escape to the woods for rest. Today, Stephen Nichols reads from several of Spurgeon's reflections on peaceful times in nature.

Read the transcript: https://www.5minutesinchurchhistory.com/stopping-by-a-wood-with-spurgeon/

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