Quote#Wisdom
His goodness stands approved
Quote byPhilip Doddridge · 1702–1751
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 262..
English (original)
His goodness stands approved, Unchanged from day to day; I'll drop my burden at His feet, And bear a song away.
— Philip Doddridge
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