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Famous Ann Lee Quotes
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“Put your hands to work and give your hearts to God.”
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“We are the people who turned the world upside down.”
Attributed to Lee in "Harpy Hall of Fame: Mother Ann Lee (1736-1784)" at The Pursuit of Harpyness (4 February 2009) http://www.harpyness.com/2009/02/04/harpy-hall-of-fame-mother-ann-lee-1736-1784/; no earlier attributions have as yet been located.
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Ann Lee Quotes about God
“It is God that forgives you; I am but your fellow-servant.”
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Context: I can freely forgive you, and I pray God to forgive you. It is God that forgives you; I am but your fellow-servant.
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“If you confess your sins, you must confess them to God; we are but his witnesses.”
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Ann Lee Quotes
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Context: When I confessed my sins, I labored to remember the time when and the place where I committed them. And when I had confessed them, I cried to God to know if my confession was accepted; and by crying to God continually I traveled out of my loss.
“You ought not to cross your children unnecessarily, for it makes them ill-natured.”
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“Be diligent with your hands, for godliness does not lead to idleness.”
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