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

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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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know...

It is strange to reflect how much energy is thrown away in attempting to know...

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

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

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.

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.

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....

Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.

Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.

God did not give you the spirit of cowardice.

God did not give you the spirit of cowardice.

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,...

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...