Quote#God & Faith
All things change,—creeds and philosophies and outward systems,—but…
Quote byMary Augusta Ward · 1851–1920
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Robert Elsmere (1888), Book IV. Ch. xxvii, p. 356.
English (original)
All things change,—creeds and philosophies and outward systems,—but God remains!
— Mary Augusta Ward
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