Quote#Freedom
The moment you accept God's ordering, that moment your work ceases to…
Quote byHenry Clay Trumbull · 1830–1903
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 378..
English (original)
The moment you accept God's ordering, that moment your work ceases to be a task, and becomes your calling; you pass from bondage to freedom, from the shadow-land of life into life itself.
— Henry Clay Trumbull
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