Quote#Wisdom
Renew my will from day to day!
Quote byCharlotte Elliott · 1789–1871
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Hours of Sorrow (1836), "Thy Will Be Done", st. 7, p. 131..
English (original)
Renew my will from day to day! Blend it with Thine! and take away All that now makes it hard to say, "Thy will be done!"
— Charlotte Elliott
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