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If Life Be Long, I Will Be Glad, Tthat I May Long Obey; If Short, Yet Why Should I Be Sad, To Soar To Endless Day?

Above All Be Much In Secret Prayer And Meditation. By This You Will Fetch The Heavenly Fire That Must Kindle Your Sacrifice: Remember You Cannot Decline And Neglect Your Duty To Your Own Hurt Alone, Many Will Be Losers By It As Well As You.

Holiness Is Nothing Else But The Habitual And Predominant Devotion And Dedication Of Soul, And Body, And Life, And All That We Have To God; And Esteeming, And Loving, And Serving, And Seeking Him, Before All The Pleasures And Prosperity Of The Flesh.

Such Is The Depth Of The Christian Scriptures, That Even If I Were Attempting To Study Them And Nothing Else From Early Boyhood To Decrepit Old Age, With The Utmost Leisure, The Most Unwearied Zeal, And Talents Greater Than I Have, I Would Be Still Daily Making Progress In Discovering Their Treasures.

I Must Confess, As The Experience Of My Own Soul, That The Expectation Of Loving My Friends In Heaven Principally Kindles My Love To Them While On Earth.