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A Lifting Up for the Downcast

by William Bridge · 1961 · 288 pages

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Depression is not unique to our times. To encourage the depressed, Bridge wrote this choice book and filled it with the kind of rich encouragement which our generation too rarely hears.

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Subject
psychology
Themes
christianreligionmental healthspirituality
Setting
17th century
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 288 pages

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