All I can say in my solitude is, May Heaven's rich blessing come down on every one - American, English, Turk - who will help to heal this open sore of the world.
David LivingstoneRead
I have never ceased to rejoice that God has appointed me to such an office.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote expresses gratitude and joy for being chosen for a significant role.
David Livingstone expresses a profound sense of joy and gratitude for the calling he has received from God to fulfill a meaningful role in his life. This sentiment highlights the importance of purpose and the deep fulfillment that can come from serving in a significant capacity, suggesting that true contentment often lies in dedicating oneself to a higher cause.
Themes
GratitudeServiceOfficeJoyPurpose
In practice
Example use cases
In a speech about volunteerism, one might say, 'I have never ceased to rejoice that God has appointed me to such an office of service to my community.'
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I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.
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It is emphatically no sacrifice. Say rather it is a privilege. Anxiety, sickness, suffering, or danger, now and then, with a foregoing of the common conveniences and charities of this life, may make us pause, and cause the spirit to waver, and the soul to sink; but let this only be for a moment. All these are nothing when compared with the glory which shall be revealed in and for us. I never made a sacrifice.
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I never made a sacrifice. Of this we ought not to talk when we remember the great sacrifice which he made who left His Father's throne on high to give Himself for us.
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God had only one Son, and He was a missionary.
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