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Roger Wicker: “Senator Carper, when I first joined the First Baptist Church in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1982, at the end of the service…”

On the recordJune 23, 2015
Senator Carper, when I first joined the First Baptist Church in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1982, at the end of the service, we would all join hands and sing, There's a Sweet, Sweet Spirit in This Place.
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Roger Wicker
Republican · Mississippi

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Wicker recalls a church tradition to highlight community spirit.

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