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I was reading through Thoughts From the Mount of Blessings when I came across this statement:

"His glory is His children's good: His joy, His tender Fatherhood." (p.77)

I noted that unlike much of the text around it, it had quote marks and I thought this came from another writer. Curiosity got the best of me and I set out to find where it came from. Really was a short search to find that it was written by John Greenleaf Whittier.

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(https://books.google.com/books?id=BUY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA281&lpg=PA281&dq=His+glory+is+His+children's+good:+His+joy,+His+tender+Fatherhood.&source=bl&ots=6RJXOOir69&sig=3szpZ3No2i-3H-V5wSliIJp2JqI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib1KPDkKDVAhXFPD4KHV3hD9wQ6AEIOTAF#v=onepage&q=His glory is His children's good%3A His joy%2C His tender Fatherhood.&f=false)


Songs of John Greenleaf Whittier are in the SDA Hymnal they are:
376 - All Things Are Thine
455 - Immortal Love, Forever Full
480 - Dear Lord and Father
481 - Dear Lord and Father

 

Given that EGW had an interest in the abolition of slavery, it is also no surprise that she was acquainted with the writings of Whittier. For more about Whittier:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier

                          >>>Texts in blue type are quotes<<<

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The Emergent Church and the Invasion of Spiritualism

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