Words contract a significance which clings to them long after the condition of things to which they owe it has passed away.

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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...

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.

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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may...

Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may...

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...

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...

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.

The Church in England is the Church of England.

The Church in England is the Church of England.

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...

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 did not give you the spirit of cowardice.

God did not give you the spirit of cowardice.

But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your...

But there is another danger besetting your path. I mean the error of regarding your...

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.