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Jonathan Edwards
Jonathan Edwards
American theologian
Billy Graham
Billy Graham
American evangelist
Aimee Semple McPherson
Aimee Semple McPherson
American religious leader
White, Alma Bridwell
Alma Bridwell White
American religious leader
Booth, William
William Booth
British minister
Hannah Whitall Smith
American evangelist and reformer
Finney, 1850
Charles Grandison Finney
American evangelist
Dwight L. Moody
Dwight L. Moody
American evangelist
Lyman Beecher
Lyman Beecher
American minister
Sunday, Billy
Billy Sunday
American evangelist
George Whitefield
George Whitefield
British clergyman