Quote#God & Faith
Be assured, my dear Anne, that it is only by taking our lesson from…
Quote byThomas Chalmers · 1780–1847
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 573..
English (original)
Be assured, my dear Anne, that it is only by taking our lesson from God and doing the will of God, that we can either please Him in time, or be happy with Him in eternity.
— Thomas Chalmers
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