But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your own capacities instead of your work, of putting self-consciousness in place of God.

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This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving...

This is God's work. Therefore it must be triumphant. There is no place for misgiving...

God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.

God gave you not a spirit of faithlessness, not a spirit of despair.

But on the other hand, while disclaiming any change in my opinions, I desire equally...

But on the other hand, while disclaiming any change in my opinions, I desire equally...

The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their...

The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their...

This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin...

This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin...

The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.

The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.

There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror...

There will be no misgiving, no shrinking back, no calculation of overpowering odds, no terror...

God did not give you the spirit of cowardice.

God did not give you the spirit of cowardice.

Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also.

Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also.

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness...

Yes, forget your weakness, whatever that weakness may be. It is egotism, it is selfishness...

God helping me, I will help my brothers and sisters in Christ, because they are...

God helping me, I will help my brothers and sisters in Christ, because they are...

Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such...

Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such...

The Church in England is the Church of England.

The Church in England is the Church of England.

Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure.

Eternal truth, eternal righteousness, eternal love; these only can triumph, for these only can endure.

We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success...

We do not realise that we are children of eternity. If we did, then success...

So then, when I speak to you, I speak to myself. If I seem to...

So then, when I speak to you, I speak to myself. If I seem to...

God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also.

God is the last link of the chain, but He is the first also.

Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to...

Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to...

Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up,...

Try to help others. Consult their weaknesses, relieve their maladies; strive to raise them up,...

If you are apostles at all, you are apostles, not of men, nor by man....

If you are apostles at all, you are apostles, not of men, nor by man....