God does nothing but by prayer, and everything with it.

In using all means, seek God alone. In and through every outward thing, look only to the power of His Spirit, and the merits of His Son. Beware you do not get stuck in the work itself; if you do, it is all lost labor. Nothing short of God can satisfy your soul. Therefore, fix on Him in all, through all, and above all...Remember also to use all means as means-as ordained, not for their own sake.

And now run the race which is set before thee, in the royal way of universal love.

People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense.

Until my work on this earth is done, I am immortal. But when my work for Christ is done ... I go to be with Jesus

In returning I read a very different book, published by an honest Quaker , on that execrable sum of all villanies, commonly called the Slave-trade.

Once in seven years I burn all my sermons; for it is a shame, if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago.