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Fountain of being! Teach us to devote To Thee each purpose, action, word and thought! Thy grace our hope, thy love our only boast. Be all distinctions in the Christian lost! Be this in every state our wish alone. Almighty, wise and good. Thy will be do

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Fountain of being! Teach us to devote To Thee each purpose, action, word and thought! Thy grace our hope, thy love our only boast. Be all distinctions in the Christian lost! Be this in every state our wish alone. Almighty, wise and good. Thy will be do
Listed on Page Number
315
Sampler Worked By
Sarah C. Rendols (Salem Street Academy)
Date of Sampler
1828
Place Sampler Made
Boston, MA
Sampler Listed on Page
213
Author/Publication/Country/Date
More, Hannah. The Search after Happiness: a Pastoral Drama, 2nd ed. Bristol: S. Farley, 1773, p. 39.
Notes
https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_the-search-after-happine_more-hannah_1773/page/n48/mode/1up?q=true These lines were an addition, first appearing in the 2nd edition. The first edition was also printed in 1773.