Frederick William Faber Short Quotes

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My God, how wonderful Thou art!
Thy Majesty how bright!

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There's a wideness in God's mercy
Like the wideness of the sea.

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God always fills in all hearts all the room which is left Him there.

Frederick William Faber
The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder.

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Kindness has converted more sinners than either zeal, eloquence, or learning.

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There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.

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Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,
The protest of the weak against the strong.

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The sea, unmated creature, tired and lone,
Makes on its desolate sands eternal moan.

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The world is growing old;
Who would not be at rest and free
Where love is never cold?

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Dark night hath come down on us, Mother! and we
Look out for thy shining, sweet Star of the Sea!

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There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.

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Love's secret is to be always doing things for God, and not to mind because they are such little ones.

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Faith of our Fathers! living still
In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword...
We will be true to thee till death.

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Faith is letting down our nets into the transparent deeps at the Divine command, not knowing what we shall take.

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Many a friendship - long, loyal, and self-sacrificing - rested at first upon no thicker a foundation than a kind word.

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O Paradise! O Paradise!
Who doth not crave for rest?
Who would not seek the happy land
Where they that love are blest?

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For right is right, since God is God,
And right the day must win;
To doubt would be disloyalty,
To falter would be sin.

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I have no cares, O blessed Will!
For all my cares are Thine;
I live in triumph, Lord, for Thou
Hast made Thy triumph mine.

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Dear Lord! in all our loneliest pains
Thou hast the largest share,
And that which is unbearable,
Tis Thine, not ours to bear.

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Small things are best: Grief and unrest To rank and wealth are given; But little things On little wings Bear little souls to Heaven.

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We must have passed through life unobservantly, if we have never perceived that a man is very much himself what he thinks of others.

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If our love were but more simple,
We should take Him at His word;
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness of the Lord.

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Good is that darkening of our lives,
Which only God can brighten;
But better still that hopeless load,
Which none but God can lighten.

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Faith of our Fathers! Mary's prayers
Shall win our country back to thee
And by the truth that comes from God
England shall then indeed be free.

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O majesty unspeakable and dread!
Wert thou less mighty than Thou art,
Thou wert, O Lord, too great for our belief,
Too little for our heart.

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