Oh, that we might live for you and not for self. Slay our self-importance, we plead with you, gracious God. Whenever there is a selfish, angry disposition about us, help us to trample it out, as men put out sparks lest a fire should arise from them.
Oh to be Christly! We do desire to live on earth the life of Jesus—sent into the world by him as he was sent into the world by the Father. We would closely copy all his acts, words, and spirit; for so only are we saved, when we are saved from the power of sin, and transformed into the likeness of Christ. Let no drunkard here imagine that his life ought to be spent in a selfish endeavour to save himself from the flames of hell; but may he rather reckon that the grand object is to be saved from the power of sin, and to be consecrated unto God, and to live unto the glory of the most High.