« Home | JULY 9In the meantime it is your wisdom to make th... » | JULY 8It is desired that all things be considered ... » | JULY 7The greatest hindrances … you are to expect ... » | JULY 6Then many of the Methodists growing rich, be... » | JULY 5What servants, journeymen, labourers, carpen... » | JULY 4For what avails public preaching alone, thou... » | JULY 3After all our preaching, many of our people ... » | JULY 2What cause have we to bleed before the Lord ... » | JULY 1On the notice of my death, let all the preac... » | JUNE 30How soon may you hear “the voice that speak... »


JULY 10

Believing is the act of man, but it is the gift of God.
to T. Lessey, 7th January, 1787


Gaining knowledge is a good thing; but saving souls is better. … You will have abundant time for gaining other knowledge if you spend all your mornings therein. Only sleep not more than you need; talk not more than you need; and never be idle, nor triflingly [sic] employed. But if you can do but one, either following your studies or by instructing the ignorant, let your studies alone. I would throw all the libraries in the world rather than be guilty of the perdition of one soul.
. . . . . . . . . . .
True, it is far easier to preach a good sermon than to instruct the ignorant in the principles of religion.
Minutes of Conversations, 1744