Henry Francis Lyte Quotes

Henry Francis Lyte was a Scottish Anglican divine, hymnodist, and poet.

✵ 1. June 1793 – 20. November 1847
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Famous Henry Francis Lyte Quotes

“Teach me. Lord, my true condition;
Bring me childlike to Thy knee;
Stripped of every low ambition,
Willing to be led by Thee.”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 329.

“Let good or ill befall,
It must be good for me,—
Secure of having Thee in all,
Of having all in Thee.”

Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 594.

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