John Henry Newman Quotes


May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done! Then in His mercy may He give us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last.


Citations

Newman, John Henry. Sermons Bearing on Subjects of the Day. Rivingtons, 1843, p. 342.

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John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman
  • Born: February 21, 1801
  • Died: August 11, 1890
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Clergyman

John Henry Newman was an English theologian and poet, first an Anglican priest and later a Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s, and was canonised as a saint in the Catholic Church in 2019.