English - Clergyman | June 17, 1703 - March 2, 1791
Catch on fire and people will come for miles to see you burn.
John Wesley
FirePeopleYouBurnWillSee
Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.
GoodPeopleLongYouPlacesMeans
Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.
FearGodAloneMeCareHell
Prayer is where the action is.
PrayerActionWhere
The best thing of all is God is with us.
GodBestUsThing
God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.
GodPrayerBelievingNothingExcept
I look upon the whole world as my parish.
WorldLookWholeParish
When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous. Now, if that man, when he gets all he can and saves all he can, does not give all he can, I have more hope for Judas Iscariot than for that man!
HopeManChristianNowMoreGive
I asked long ago,'What must I do to be saved?' The Scripture answered, 'Keep the commandments, believe, hope, love.' I was early warned against laying, as the Papists do, too much stress on outward works, or on a faith without works, which as it does not include, so it will never lead to true hope or charity.
LoveFaithHopeStressBelieveLong
I have seen (as far as it can be seen) many persons changed in a moment from the spirit of horror, fear, and despair to the spirit of hope, joy, peace; and from sinful desires, till then reigning over them, to a pure desire of doing the will of God.
FearGodHopeMomentPeaceJoy
As for reputation, though it be a glorious instrument of advancing our Master's service, yet there is a better than that: a clean heart, a single eye, and a soul full of God. A fair exchange if, by the loss of reputation, we can purchase the lowest degree of purity of heart.
GodHeartServiceSoulEyeBetter
I build on Christ, the rock of ages; on his sure mercies described in his word, and on his promises, all which I know are yea and amen.
PromisesKnowBuildRockSureWord
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