Quote#God & Faith
Read a work on the "Evidences of Christianity," and it may become…
Quote byFrederick William Robertson · 1816–1853
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 138..
English (original)
Read a work on the "Evidences of Christianity," and it may become highly probable that Christianity, etc., are true. This is an opinion. Feel God. Do His will, till the Absolute Imperative within you speaks as with a living voice, " Thou shalt, and thou shalt not;" and then you do not think, you know that there is a God.
— Frederick William Robertson
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