Quote of the day
The present moment is nice but it does not last. Living in it is like waiting in a junction town for the morning limited; the junction may be interesting but some day you will have to leave it and you do not know where the limited will take you.
Edwin Hubbell Chapin
Born: December 29, 1814
Died: 1880 (aged 65)
Bio: Edwin Hubbell Chapin was an American preacher and editor of the Christian Leader. He was also a poet, responsible for the poem Burial at Sea, which was the origin of a famous folk song, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie.
Known for:
- The crown of thorns (1847)
- Humanity in the city (1854)
- Duties of young men
- Discourses on the Lord's Prayer (1850)
Edwin Hubbell Chapin Quotes