Francis Asbury Born : August 20, 1745 Died : March 31, 1816 Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by Francis Asbury My desire is to live more to God to-day than yesterday, and to be more holy this hour than the last. Francis Asbury religious christian god We should so work as if we were to be saved by our works; and so rely on Jesus Christ, as if we did no works. Francis Asbury religious work jesus We live by faith in a prayer-hearing, soul-converting , soul-sanctifyin g, soul-restoring, soul-comforting God. Francis Asbury soul prayer comforting Preach as if you had seen heaven and its celestial inhabitants, and had hovered over the bottomless pit, and beheld the tortures, and heard the groans of the damned. Francis Asbury torture pits heaven Whither am I going? To the New World. What to do? To gain honor? No, if I know my own heart. To get money? No: I am going to live to God, and to bring others so to do. Francis Asbury honor heart world Oh what people of God we ought to be; and grace can make us so! Francis Asbury ought grace people God is gracious beyond the power of language to describe. Francis Asbury gracious language-and-power faith O what pride, conforming to the world and following its fashions! Warn them, warn them for me, while you have strength and time and be faithful to your duty. Francis Asbury faithful fashion pride My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed. Francis Asbury employed my-soul soul
