One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention among a multitude of objects and pursuits.
Nathanael EmmonsMoral conduct includes every thing in which men are active and for which they are accountable. They are active in their desires, their affections, their designs, their intentions, and in every thing they say and do of choice; and for all these things they are accountable to God.
Nathanael EmmonsReal holiness has love for its essence, humility for its clothing, the good of others as its employment, and the honor of God as its end.
Nathanael EmmonsThe more men have multiplied the forms of religion, so much the more has vital godliness declined.
Nathanael Emmons