Quote#Love
The everlasting covenant which God has made with Jesus, and through…
Quote byOctavius Winslow · 1808–1878
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Midnight Harmonies (New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1853), "Songs in the Night", p. 32..
English (original)
The everlasting covenant which God has made with Jesus, and through Jesus with all His beloved people, individually, is a strong ground of consolation amidst the tremblings of human hope, the fluctuations of creature things, and the instability of all that earth calls good.
— Octavius Winslow
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