We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the…

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than...

I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than...

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,...

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 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...

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.

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.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...