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Samuel M. Shoemaker Quotes


An Episcopal priest who was instrumental in the US Oxford Group HQ based in NY and founding principles of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Sam Shoemaker, DD, STD (1893–1963), was an Episcopal priest who was instrumental in the US Oxford Group HQ based in NY and founding principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. Dr. Rev. Samuel Moor Shoemaker, III was the rector of Calvary Episcopal Church in New York City, which was the United States headquarters of the Oxford Group. Bill Wilson attended Oxford Group meetings at the Calvary Church and Sam was instrumental in assisting Bill Wilson with the proofreading of the book Alcoholics Anonymous (nickname: The Big Book). Bill acknowledged this linkage when he wrote in the book, A.A. Comes of Age (page 39):

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Prayer may not change things for you but it for sure changes you for things.

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Don't pray to escape trouble. Don't pray to be comfortable in your emotions. Pray to do the will of God in every situation. Nothing else is worth praying for.