Oh what people of God we ought to be; and grace can make us so!
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the transformative power of grace in shaping individuals into better versions of themselves.
Francis Asbury's quote speaks to the potential within every person to embody the qualities of goodness and righteousness through the influence of grace. It suggests that with the help of divine grace, people can cultivate virtues that reflect their higher nature and fulfill their purpose as representatives of God on earth.
In practice
This quote can be used during a sermon to inspire the congregation to embrace grace in their lives.
A genius is the man in whom you are least likely to find the power of attending to anything insipid or distasteful in itself. He breaks his engagements, leaves his letters unanswered, neglects his family duties incorrigibly, because he is powerless to turn his attention down and back from those more interesting trains of imagery with which his genius constantly occupies his mind.
An affectionate disposition not only makes the mind more peaceful and calm, but it affects our body in a positive way too.
Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."
Truth is a naked and open daylight, that does not show the masques, and mummeries, and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. . . A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure
If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one.
Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work. Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture from within.
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