Quote#Speech
Ye servants of the Lord
Quote byPhilip Doddridge · 1702–1751
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Published in 1755, Hymns: "Ye Servants of the Lord", Chambers Dictionary of Quotations, p. 278..
English (original)
Ye servants of the Lord, Each in his office wait, Observant of the heavenly word, And watchful at his gate.
— Philip Doddridge
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