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title: 'J.W. Alexander on Patience'
type: post
author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2025-04-15
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2025-j-w-alexander-on-patience
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# J.W. Alexander on Patience

“*Patience* is a certain temper of mind under suffering. As we all are appointed to suffer, and some of us to suffer greatly and suffer long, we should do well to learn more of this heavenly art, concerning which so much good is spoken in Scripture.” — [**James W. Alexander**](/authors/james-waddel-alexander), *Patience* (1852), p. 7