human
Way down in the inmost recesses of my heart, he wrote,
gpt
Yet he worked from no mere sense of stern duty, in the slavish performance of a binding vow: love prompted his service, out of a willing heart.
human
How much real enjoyment it gives me to work for Jesus! he said.
gpt
All other pleasures fade away and are lost, by the side of it. And this enjoyment in work for Jesus was increased by the conviction that souls were benefited by it. He loved to work for others, because Jesus commanded it; and he loved to work for Jesus, because others were blessed by it.
human
You know, he said,
gpt
I generally spend two evenings a week with them, and two evenings at literary societies for improvement of the mind, and there are not often but three evenings left, and those are our prayer-meeting nights.
human
I desire to be led by the hand of God, he said;
gpt
I am praying very earnestly, ... asking God to tell me what to do, and I know he will not tell me wrong.... Feeling that I am performing my mission here on earth, I take every step gladly; but he wanted to take some step, not to stand still: it was easier for him to do any thing for Christ than to do nothing.
human
I will endeavor, he wrote,
gpt
but he was loath to believe there was any end to his rope.
human
God willing, I shall be able to do something by and by, he said,
gpt
He had the feeling that God, having accepted his consecration vow in prison, would somehow find work for him to do for Jesus, in accordance with its terms. No lesson concerning God's
human
They also serve who only stand and wait.