"Now the subjects of that Kingdom must accept Jesus Christ as their
Master and Lord. No one can either come into that Kingdom or remain
in it without compliance with this law. You cannot be a son without
being a servant.

"But you have written yourselves down as His servants, and said you
will 'no longer live unto yourselves,' nor to please the world, but
to do the will of Him who has redeemed you; that is, to please Him.
Now the Master's province, everybody knows, is, not only to choose
the work of His servants, but to get it done, if possible, to His
satisfaction.

"He has appointed me my work. He has arranged that I should direct
the movements of this great Army, preach Salvation, write Letters
for you to read, save as many sinners as I can, and strive to get
my Soldiers safely landed on the Celestial Shore. Before all else,
I must do this Work, as nearly as I can, to satisfy my Lord--and
nothing short of the best work I can produce will accomplish that.

"And as with me so with you. He has chosen your work, if you have
put your life into His hands, just as truly as He has chosen mine,
although it may be of a different kind. I am writing this letter in
the train. I am a poor writer at best. When I was a child my
schoolmaster neglected to teach me to hold my pen properly. In this
respect he did not do good work, and I have had to suffer for it
ever since. Still, I am doing my work as well as I can, in order
that it may profit you and please my Lord.

"In settling how much work he will do, a man must have due regard
to the claims of his own health. If he rushes at his work without
due discretion, and does more than his strength will reasonably
allow, he will probably break down, and so prevent his working
altogether, or for a season, at least. Whereas, if he exhausts no
more energy than he can recover by sleep and food and rest, at the
time he can go steadily forward, and by doing so, accomplish a
great deal more, in the long run, than he would by temporary
extravagant exertion. When speaking on this subject, I sometimes
say that I use my body as I should use a horse, if I had one--that
is, I should not seek to get the most labour out of him for a week,
regardless of the future, but I should feed and manage him with a
view to getting t