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The Upper Room has its roots in The United
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The Upper Room has a chapel, which features a nearly life-size woodcarving of
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daily devotional guide began publication in 1935, and the first 100,000 copies quickly sold out. In 1938, it published its first language editions, Korean, Spanish, and
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love and guidance, and encouraging one another in
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