APRIL 26
Brethren, I presume the greater part of you also are members of the Church of England. So at least you are called; but you are not so indeed unless you are witnesses of the religion above described. And are you really such? Judge not one another; but every man look into his own bosom. How stands the matter in your own breast? Examine your conscience before God. Are you a happy partaker of this scriptural, this truly primitive religion? Are you a lover of God and all mankind? Does your heart glow with gratitude to the Give of every good and perfect gift? Is your soul warm with benevolence to all mankind?
Sermon at the Foundation of the City Road Chapel
The cheerfulness of faith you should aim at in and above all things.
Letter, 18th September, 1780
