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| | 43. Peculiar People |
 | | Again, "The Lord hath declared this day concerning you, that you are to be his peculiar people, and that you should walk in his ways, and keep his statutes and his commandments and his judgments, and hearken unto his voice" (Deut. |
 | | And, despite the apparent failure of the movement with the execution of its Leader, thousands of people soon joined it, finding in its discipline something which made life worth living, even though in many cases their life was cut short by a cruel death at the hands of the secular authorities. |
 | | And my dearest wish would be that so many people would walk in these paths, and keep the Lord's statutes and commandments and judgments, and harken to his voice, that this kind of life would no longer seem "peculiar" but would become the normal thing. |
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