Plenty of people write to me in the hope of getting some spectacular work to do, and at the same time they fail to see the worthwhileness of the immediate duty God has given them.
00582 – God Provides Us Work to Do
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00551 – Greatness Achieved in Service
Granted, a nation must have greatness of spirit and pioneers who will lead it toward new goals. Just as much, if not more so, however, a nation needs men and women of lifelong performance of duty, of clearheaded loyalty, of discipline of heart and body. A nation needs...
00406 – Follow Me; I am With You
“Follow me”: that is the whole of a Christian’s duty. “And where I am there also shall my servant be”: that is the whole of a Christian’s reward.
00355 – Our Calling Won’t Bring Contentment
Beyond and through every earthly love and every earthly duty, we are to hear the call of God. On the one hand, we are called to the God who can put an end to our work and bring fulfillment to our loves and labors… But on the other hand, this call will often exact a...
00298 – Right Makes Might
Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it. from Cooper Union Address (1860)