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 respects.

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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...

When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and...

When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and...

Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun, but I...

Some people can tell what time it is by looking at the sun, but I...

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

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

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...

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...

We are a long time in learning that all our strength and salvation is in...

We are a long time in learning that all our strength and salvation is in...

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.

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...

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...

Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being,...

Ardent love or desire introduced, as passionately longing to please and glorify the Divine Being,...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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 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 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...