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Be careful that the love of gain draw us not into any business which may weaken our love of our Heavenly Father, or bring unnecessary trouble to any of His creatures.


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May we look upon our treasure, the furniture of our houses, and our garments, and try to discover whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these our possessions.

May we look upon our treasure, the furniture of our houses, and our garments, and try to discover whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these our possessions.



All this time I lived with my parents, and wrought on the plantation; and having had schooling pretty well for a planter, I used to improve myself in winter evenings, and other leisure times.

All this time I lived with my parents, and wrought on the plantation; and having had schooling pretty well for a planter, I used to improve myself in winter evenings, and other leisure times.



To Turn all the treasures we possess into the channel of universal love becomes the business of our lives.

To Turn all the treasures we possess into the channel of universal love becomes the business of our lives.



To consider mankind other than brethren...plainly supposes a darkness of understanding.

To consider mankind other than brethren...plainly supposes a darkness of understanding.



To say we love God as unseen and at the same time exercise cruelty toward the least creature moving by His life or by life derived from Him, was a contradiction in itself.

To say we love God as unseen and at the same time exercise cruelty toward the least creature moving by His life or by life derived from Him, was a contradiction in itself.



Conduct is more convincing than language.

Conduct is more convincing than language.



Through the humbling dispensations of Divine Providence, men are sometimes fitted for his service.

Through the humbling dispensations of Divine Providence, men are sometimes fitted for his service.



I have often felt a motion of love to leave some hints in writing of my experience of the goodness of God, and now, in the thirty-sixth year of my age, I begin this work.

I have often felt a motion of love to leave some hints in writing of my experience of the goodness of God, and now, in the thirty-sixth year of my age, I begin this work.



Now to act with integrity, according to that strength of mind and body with which our creator hath endowed each of use, appears necessary for all.

Now to act with integrity, according to that strength of mind and body with which our creator hath endowed each of use, appears necessary for all.



I was born in Northampton, in Burlington County, West Jersey, in the year 1720.

I was born in Northampton, in Burlington County, West Jersey, in the year 1720.





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I was sixteen then, and I'm seventeen now, and sometimes I act like I'm about thirteen. Sometimes, I act a lot older than I am--I really do. But people never notice it. People never notice anything.



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Truth is a torch, but a terrific one; therefore we all try to reach it with closed eyes, lest we should be scorched.



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