Quote#Hope
With guilt's defilement stained without, within
Quote byMargaret Junkin Preston · 1820–1897
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Questionings", Stanza 3, in For Love's Sake: Poems of Faith and Comfort (New York: Anson D. F. Randolph and Company, 1886), p. 38.
English (original)
With guilt's defilement stained without, within, How can I hope Thy cleansing grace to win? —Because Thou saidst, "I have forgiven thy sin."
— Margaret Junkin Preston
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