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Quotation from The Journal of John Woolman by John Woolman
“I believe my being here is in the Wisdom of Christ; I know not as to Life or Death.”
The Journal of John Woolman, Journal, Chapter XI (account of his last illness) (Project Gutenberg #37311 (Everyman's Library, reprinting the London edition of 1775))
Words he wrote with pen and ink at York when smallpox had made speech difficult, hours before his death.
Citation: "I believe my being here is in the Wisdom of Christ; I know not as to Life or Death." — John Woolman, The Journal of John Woolman, Journal, Chapter XI (account of his last illness) (Project Gutenberg #37311 (Everyman's Library, reprinting the London edition of 1775)). (id journal-of-john-woolman-q8)
Portrait: John Woolman, Probably Robert Smith III, Public domain.
