Accidental Conversion

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Accidental Conversion

For months after we met I found myself listening to him, wondering at the old man carrying out the words, 'Leave all and follow Me.' But little by little, seeing his piety, his gentleness, his zeal, his earnestness I was converted by him, although he had not tried to do it.

-Testimony of David Livingstone

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