It is not marriage that fails; it is the people that fail. All that marriage does is to show people up.
Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes
He who cannot rest, cannot work; he who cannot let go, cannot hold on; he who cannot find footing, cannot go forward.
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Birth: | 24th May, 1878 |
Death: | 5th October, 1969 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Pastor |
Harry Emerson Fosdick was born in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was an American pastor. He graduated from Colgate University in 1900. He was ordained a Baptist minister in 1903 at Madison Avenue Baptist Church at 31st Street, Manhattan. He was called as minister to First Baptist Church, Montclair, New Jersey, in 1904, serving until 1915. He was immediately called as pastor of a new type of Baptist church ministry at Park Avenue Baptist Church, whose most famous member was the industrialist, financier and philanthropist.
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