If you are apostles at all, you are apostles, not of men, nor by man. Your sufficiency is of God.

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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...

You will bear a commission from God, for you have received a call from God.

You will bear a commission from God, for you have received a call from God.

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

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

So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the results. You cannot control them.

So then put away, relentlessly away, all thought of the results. You cannot control them.

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...

The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce...

The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce...

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...

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...

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...

To make your people understand what righteousness is, this must be the basis of all...

To make your people understand what righteousness is, this must be the basis of all...

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...

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.

I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.

I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.

There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a...

There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a...

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...

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...

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.

The Church in England is the Church of England.

The Church in England is the Church of England.

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.

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.