I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am under of self-denial in many respects.

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

My soul often mourned of more time and opportunity to be alone with God

All my desire was the conversion of the heathen... I declare, now I am dying, I would not have spent my life otherwise for the whole world.

Once more, never think that you can live to God by your own power or strength; but always look to and rely on him for assistance, yea, for all strength and grace.

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!

Toward night, I felt my soul rejoice, that God is unchangeable happy and glorious and that He will be glorified, whatever becomes of His creatures.