We Will Never Walk This Way Again Live
I expect to laissez passer through this earth but in one case. Whatever good, therefore, that I tin practice or whatsoever kindness I can testify to any young man creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or fail information technology for I shall not laissez passer this way again ~ this is mostly credited to Grellet, only without proven attribution
Stephen Grellet (ii Nov 1773 – sixteen November 1855) was a prominent Quaker missionary. Born Etienne de Grellet du Mabillier, son to a counsellor of King Louis XVI, at 17 he entered the King's body-guard; during the French Revolution of 1792 he was sentenced to be executed, but escaped and somewhen fled Europe to the Us in 1795, where in 1796, he joined the Religious Guild of Friends.
Quotes [edit]
- I was suddenly arrested by what seemed to be an awful voice proclaiming the words, "Eternity! Eternity! Eternity!" It reached my very soul — my whole man shook — it brought me like Saul to the ground. The great depravity and sinfulness of my centre were set before me, and the gulf of everlasting destruction to which I was verging. I was made to bitterly cry out, "If at that place is no God — doubtless in that location is a hell." I institute myself in the midst of information technology.
- On his inspiration, when he was still learning English and walking alone in the fields of Long Isle, to take up the reading of No Cantankerous, No Crown past William Penn, after having first set it aside upon realizing information technology was a religious book. In Memoirs of the Life and Gospel Labors of Stephen Grellet (1860), p. 20
- I spent a night of watchfulness unto prayer, like Jacob, wrestling the whole night for the Lord's blessing, and towards morning the calorie-free of His countenance did very graciously arise upon me. My trust and confidence are renewed in Him, blest and praised be His adorable name!
- As quoted in Stephen Grellet (1880) by Rev. William Guest, p. 146
Disputed [edit]
- I wait to pass through this world merely in one case. Whatsoever proficient, therefore, that I tin practice or any kindness I tin can testify to any boyfriend beast, allow me practise it now. Let me non defer or fail it for I shall non laissez passer this style again.
- This, and variants of it, have been been widely circulated as a Quaker proverb since at to the lowest degree 1869, and attributed to Grellet since at least 1893. W. Gurney Benham in Benham'south Volume of Quotations, Proverbs, and Household Words (1907) states that though sometimes attributed to others, "at that place seems to exist some authorisation in favor of Stephen Grellet being the author, but the passage does not appear in any of his printed works." It appears to have been published as an anonymous proverb at least as early on as 1859, when it appeared in Household Words : A Weekly Journal.
It has also often become attributed to the more famous Quaker William Penn, every bit well as others including Mahatma Gandhi and Ralph Waldo Emerson. - Variants:
- I wait to pass through this globe but once. If, therefore, there exist any kindness I can evidence, or whatsoever good affair I can do whatever fellow human being let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect information technology, for I volition not pass this way again.
- Writing of an unnamed Quaker, as quoted in Scott's Monthly Magazine Vol. VII, No. 6 (June 1869, p. 475, edited by William J. Scott
- I wait to pass through this world merely in one case. Whatever adept thing, therefore, that I can practice or any kindness I can testify to any swain human being permit me do information technology at present. Permit me non defer nor neglect it, for I shall non laissez passer this way once more.
- As quoted anonymously in Hour by Hour; or, The Christian's Daily Life (1885), compiled by E.A.L., p. 37, and as "the old Quaker'due south words" in The Unitarian Vol. VI (July 1891); this version was given the title "Exercise It Now" in Heart Throbs: In Prose and Verse (1905) past Joe Mitchell Chapple.
- I shall pass through this world but one time! Any good thing, therefore, that I tin can practise or whatever kindness that I tin can show to any homo, let me do it now, in his proper noun, and for his sake! Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
- Bearding quotation on a card, equally quoted in The Friend, Vol. 61 (1888) past The Gild of Friends, p. 364
- I shall laissez passer through this world just once. Whatsoever good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I tin show to any human being, permit me practise it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this fashion again.
- Bearding quotation on a card, as quoted in A Memorial of a True Life : A Biography of Hugh McAllister Beaver (1898) by Robert Elliott Speer, p. 169
- I await to pass through this world but once. If, therefore, there be any kindness I tin show, or any good thing I can do, to any fellow being permit me practise it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this fashion again.
- Every bit quoted anonymously in The Lamp Vol. XXVI (Feb-July 1903)
- I expect to laissez passer through this life but once. If there is whatever kindness or whatsoever good affair I tin can practice to my fellow-beings, allow me do information technology now. I shall pass this style but once.
- Attributed to "The Old Quaker" in Blessed Exist Drudgery, William C. Gannett, 1890.
- I wait to pass through this life but once. If there is any kindness to show or any practiced thing I tin do to my fellow-beings, permit me practise it at present. Permit me not defer nor neglect it. I will pass this way but once.
- Attributed to the family Bible of "Mrs. Hegeman, of New York, i of the victims of the Madison Foursquare Garden disaster" in The Youth'southward Companion, v. 52, no. xxx, page 252, July 22, 1880. The referenced individual is Anna Bradford Hegeman, nee Anna Bradford Clark, wife of William Augustus Ogden Hegeman, who died on April 21, 1880. See the New York Times articles from April 23, 1880 and December 13, 1880.
- I expect to pass through this life but once. If there is any kindness to show or any adept thing I can do to my swain-beings, let me do it now. Permit me not defer nor neglect it. I will not pass this way but once.
- Attributed to "a lady who recently lost her life in a benevolent enterprise" in The Christian Life, Vol. v, no. 213, June 12, 1880, page 282. Besides attributed to Anna Hegeman in the Christian Union (New Outlook), Vol XXI, no. 18, folio 412, May 5, 1880.
- This, and variants of it, have been been widely circulated as a Quaker proverb since at to the lowest degree 1869, and attributed to Grellet since at least 1893. W. Gurney Benham in Benham'south Volume of Quotations, Proverbs, and Household Words (1907) states that though sometimes attributed to others, "at that place seems to exist some authorisation in favor of Stephen Grellet being the author, but the passage does not appear in any of his printed works." It appears to have been published as an anonymous proverb at least as early on as 1859, when it appeared in Household Words : A Weekly Journal.
Misattributed [edit]
- If I tin anyway contribute to the diversion or improvement of the land in which I live, I shall get out information technology, when I am summoned out of it, with the satisfaction of thinking that I have non lived in vain.
- Statement in The Spectator (1711), as quoted in The Reign of Queen Anne (1902) past Justin McCarthy
External links [edit]
Source: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Grellet
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