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We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not... →
If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world.
The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of... →
A few of the sublimest geniuses of Rome and Athens had some faint discoveries of the spiritual nature of the human soul, and formed some probable... →
The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence nothing desirable, or at least satisfactory, can possibly be derived;... →
Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away, while I do so little to any good purpose.
Once more, Never think that you can live to God by your own power or strength; but always look to and rely on him for assistance, yea, for all... →
Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the world, from a regard to the commands of God; and not from an... →
We are a long time in learning that all our strength and salvation is in God.
First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety.
I fear God never showed mercy to one so vile as I.
I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world.
I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am under of self-denial in many... →
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