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Halford E. Luccock

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A scientist said, making a plea for exchange scholarships between nations, "The very best way to send an idea is to wrap it up in a person." That was what happened at Christmas. The idea of divine love was wrapped up in a Person.
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"Whoops! It's Christmas", published in The Abbott Christmas Book (1960) by Herbert W. Luthin

 
Halford E. Luccock

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