Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being, to be in every respect conformed to him, and in that way to enjoy him.

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Again, Be careful to make a good improvement of precious time.

Again, Be careful to make a good improvement of precious time.

My disorder has been attended with several symptoms of a consumption; and I have been...

My disorder has been attended with several symptoms of a consumption; and I have been...

I have withstood the power of convictions a long time; and therefore I fear I...

I have withstood the power of convictions a long time; and therefore I fear I...

Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the...

Further, Take heed that you faithfully perform the business you have to do in the...

Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse...

Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse...

I fear God never showed mercy to one so vile as I.

I fear God never showed mercy to one so vile as I.

We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do...

We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do...

I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps...

I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps...

I board with a poor Scotchman: his wife can talk scarce any English.

I board with a poor Scotchman: his wife can talk scarce any English.

I am more weary of life, I think, than ever I was.

I am more weary of life, I think, than ever I was.

A few of the sublimest geniuses of Rome and Athens had some faint discoveries of...

A few of the sublimest geniuses of Rome and Athens had some faint discoveries of...

Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away,...

Oh, how precious is time, and how it pains me to see it slide away,...

If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not...

If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not...

First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety.

First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety.

Once more, Never think that you can live to God by your own power or...

Once more, Never think that you can live to God by your own power or...

As the most extravagant errors were received among the established articles of their faith, so...

As the most extravagant errors were received among the established articles of their faith, so...

I am an old sinner; and if God had designed mercy for me, he would...

I am an old sinner; and if God had designed mercy for me, he would...

As to my success here I cannot say much as yet: the Indians seem generally...

As to my success here I cannot say much as yet: the Indians seem generally...

The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of...

The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of...

The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence...

The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence...