Quote#Love
He who lives to God rests in his Redeemer's love, and is trying to…
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. 119..
English (original)
He who lives to God rests in his Redeemer's love, and is trying to get rid of his old nature — to him every sorrow, every bereavement, every pain, will come charged with blessings, and death itself will be no longer the " king of terrors," but the messenger of grace.
— Frederick William Robertson
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