22 Quotes by Henry Martyn

I have rightfully no other business each day but to do God's work as a servant, constantly regarding His pleasure. May I have grace to live above every human motive, simply with God and to God.

The spirit of Christ is the spirit of missions. The nearer we get to Him, the more intensely missionary we become.

I see no business in life but the work of Christ.

Do not suppose, dearest Sir, that I am so short-sighted as to destroy my life by English preaching, or any other preaching. St. Paul did much good by his preaching, but how much more by his writings.

How or by what magic is it, that we convey our thoughts to one another with such case and accuracy?

The state of things in India begins to assume somewhat of an alarming aspect. Englishmen taking up arms against Englishmen! Regiments arc called from Bengal, Bombay, and the Cape, to reduce the rebel army. Whereunto will this grow?

Seldom a day passes but I thank God for the freedom from earthly care which I enjoy.

The man who pauses in his honesty wants little of a villain.

It has always happened hitherto that whenever I have begun to feel an attachment to places, persons, or things, of a merely temporary nature, I have been carried away from them. Amen! May I live as a stranger and pilgrim upon the earth. May we be brought to that better country where painful changes are known no more.