And wherefore should you love your God the more
Because to you alone his smiles are given,
Because He chose to pass the many o'er
And only bring the favoured few to Heaven?
(A Word To The Calvinists)
More Quotes from Anne Bronte:
All true histories contain instruction though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.Anne Brontë
I do not fear thy love will fail;
Thy faith is true, I know;
But, oh, my love!
Anne Bronte
If you would have your son to walk honourably through the world, you must not attempt to clear the stones from his path, but teach him to walk firmly over them - not insist upon leading him by the hand, but let him learn to go alone.
Anne Bronte
Is childhood, then, so all divine?
Anne Bronte
There is always a "but" in this imperfect world.
Anne Bronte
Whose love may freely gush and flow,
Unchecked, unchilled by doubt or fear,
For in their inmost hearts they know
It is not vainly nourished there.
Anne Bronte
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