Quote by: Frederick William Faber

Sorrow is a sanctuary as long as self is kept outside. [...] let us not foster, embrace, rekindle and indulge our grief. For then our sorrow is a selfish and luxurious fiction, a ground in which the Holy Spirit will not dig.


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Author Bio


  • NameFrederick William Faber
  • DescriptionBritish hymn writer and theologian
  • BornJune 28, 1814
  • DiedNovember 26, 1863
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPresbyter; Theologian; Poet; Hagiographer