In prayer I was exceedingly enlarged, and my soul was as much drawn out as I ever remember it to have been in my life. I was in such anguish, and pleaded with so much earnestness and importunity, that when I rose from my knees I felt extremely weak and overcome; I could scarce walk straight; my joints were loosed; the sweat ran down my face and body; and nature seemed as if it would dissolve.

There is a God in heaven who overrules all things for the best; and this is the comfort of my soul.

It is sweet to be nothing and less than nothing that Christ may be all in all.

Let me forget the world and be swallowed up in the desire to glorify God.

As long as I see anything to be done for God, life is worth having; but O how vain and unworthy it is to live for any lower end!

I have withstood the power of convictions a long time; and therefore I fear I shall be finally left of God.

In prayer I was exceedingly enlarged, and my soul was as much drawn out as I ever remember it to have been in my life. I was in such anguish, and pleaded with so much earnestness and importunity, that when I rose from my knees I felt extremely weak and overcome; I could scarce walk straight; my joints were loosed; the sweat ran down my face and body; and nature seemed as if it would dissolve.