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Quotation from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. Porter

“He said if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be glad and rejoice, He must want us to do it--SOME.”

Eleanor H. Porter (spoken by Pollyanna)

Pollyanna, Chapter XXII (Project Gutenberg #1450)

Portrait of Eleanor H. Porter

Pollyanna tells the discouraged Rev. Paul Ford how her father counted the rejoicing texts in the Bible and took heart from them.

Citation: "He said if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be glad and rejoice, He must want us to do it--SOME." — Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna, Chapter XXII (Project Gutenberg #1450). (id pollyanna-q5)

Virtues: Faith, Hope

Portrait: Pollyanna (Eleanor Porter book) first edition cover, Eleanor H. Porter, Public domain.

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