There is no surer mark of a low and unregenerate nature than this tendency of power to loudness and wantonness instead of quietness and reverence. To souls baptized in Christian nobleness the largest sphere of command is but a wider empire of obedience, calling them, not to escape from holy rule, but to its full impersonation.
God will bless us if we walk in humility.
Persons of mean understandings, not so inquisitive, nor so well instructed, are made good Christians, and by reverence and obedience, implicity believe, and abide by their belief.
Royalty is my identity. Servanthood is my assignment. Intimacy with God is my life source.
God's promises are all on condition of humble obedience.
It is better to be the servant of God than the ruler of men.
You will notice that the work is simple obedience. It is not complicated things, it is not fancy things or getting great spiritual manifestations. This work is within the abilities of the most humble and the least educated.
God was pleased to give me a painful, patient spirit, to lodge with them in their filthy, smoky holes ... to gain their tongue
He allowed Indians the right of complete citizenship of the Rhode Island Colony {624272}.