“Will you tell Him frankly, that you cannot carry your load, and that you need help? Will you suffer Him to help you in His own way, and be glad and thankful if He will only take you under His care, and direct the whole course of your life for you?”

— Washington Gladden

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

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American pastor 1836–1918

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