Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 282
“The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, who call'd me here below,
Will be forever mine.”
Olney Hymns (1779), Amazing Grace
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John Newton 24
Anglican clergyman and hymn-writer 1725–1807Related quotes
“For washed in life's river,
My bright mane forever
Shall shine like the gold
As Iguard o'er the fold.”
Night, st. 6
Songs of Innocence (1789–1790)
“[Arguments about God are] like pointing a flashlight toward the sky to see if the sun is shining.”
Source: Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense (2006)
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 177.
As of a Trumpet, 1968, p. 69
As of a Trumpet