5 John Woolman Quotes for You to Enjoy

John Woolman

American Clergyman

Born: Oct 19, 1720

Died: Oct 7, 1772

Christ Heart Love Me Time Wrought

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I then wrought at my trade as a tailor; carefully attended meetings for worship and discipline; and found an enlargement of gospel love in my mind, and therein a concern to visit Friends in some of the back settlements of Pennsylvania and Virginia. John Woolman

Love Discipline Mind Carefully Virginia Settlements Back Meetings Worship Visit Pennsylvania Some Tailor Attended Wrought Concern Gospel Trade Friends Then Therein Found Enlargement

My heart hath often been deeply afflicted under a feeling that the standard of pure righteousness is not lifted up to the people by us, as a society, in that clearness which it might have been, had we been as faithful as we ought to be to the teachings of Christ. John Woolman

Faith Heart People Righteousness Christ Pure Feeling Faithful Society Ought Hath Had Lifted Clearness Been Up Afflicted Often Which Might Us Standard Teachings Deeply

Through the humbling dispensations of Divine Providence, men are sometimes fitted for his service. John Woolman

Service Sometimes Men Through Divine His Providence Fitted Humbling

All this time I lived with my parents, and wrought on the plantation; and having had schooling pretty well for a planter, I used to improve myself in winter evenings, and other leisure times. John Woolman

Time Myself Winter Parents Other Pretty Having Had Schooling Wrought Well Times Improve Leisure Used Plantation Planter Evenings Lived

I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others. John Woolman

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