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As our blessed Lord has required us to pray that his kingdom may come, and his will be done on earth as it is in heaven, it becomes us not only to express our desires of that event by words, but to use every lawful method to spread the knowledge of his name.

— William Carey An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians (1792)

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However the influence of the Holy Spirit may be set at nought, and run down by many, it will be found upon trial, that all means which we can use, without it, will be ineffectual.

An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians (1792)

Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God.

Many can do nothing but pray, and prayer is perhaps the only thing in which Christians of all denominations can cordially, and unreservedly unite; but in this we may all be one, and in this the strictest unanimity ought to prevail.

An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians (1792)

Nay, as they increased in science and politeness, they ran into more abundant and extravagant idolatries.

An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians (1792)

The most glorious works of grace that have ever took place, have been in answer to prayer; and it is in this way, we have the greatest reason to suppose, that the glorious out-pouring of the Spirit, which we expect at last, will be bestowed.

An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians (1792)

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