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O God, animate us to cheerfulness! May we have a joyful sense of our blessings, learn to look on the bright circumstances of our lot, and maintain a perpetual contentedness
William Ellery Channing
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William Ellery Channing
Age: 62 †
Born: 1780
Born: April 7
Died: 1842
Died: October 2
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Be true to your own highest convictions.
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Let us aspire towards this living confidence, that it is the will of God to unfold and exalt without end the spirit that entrusts itself to Him in well-doing as to a faithful Creator.
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The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
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Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.
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Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.
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Religion is faith in an infinite Creator, who delights in and enjoins that rectitude which conscience commands us to seek. This conviction gives a Divine sanction to duty.
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