# “Let us simply depend upon Him and do our little best” by John Newton

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- Published: 2021-08-31T12:00:11-05:00
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“The Lord’s thoughts are not like ours: in His love and in His ways there are heights
which we cannot reach, depths which we cannot fathom, lengths and breadths beyond
the range of our feeble sight.

Let us then simply depend upon Him, and do our little best, leaving the event in
His hand.”

–John Newton, [_The Works of John Newton_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1848715110?tag=toletaupanre-20),
[_Volume 2_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1848715110?tag=toletaupanre-20) (Carlisle,
PA: Banner of Truth, 1988), 2: 173.

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