William Carey — William Carey, An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens (section on difficulties / danger of the work).

Let us forever shut out the idea of laying up a cowry for ourselves or our children.

It is absolutely necessary that we set an infinite value upon immortal souls; that we often endeavor to affect our minds with the dreadful loss sustained by an unconverted soul launched into eternity.

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 metho…

Some attempts are still making, but they are inconsiderable in comparison of what might be done if the whole body of Christians entered heartily into the spirit of the divine command on this subject.

Yet God repeatedly made known his intention to prevail finally over all the power of the Devil, and to destroy all his works, and set up his own kingdom and interest among men, and extend it as universally as Satan had e…

On the contrary the commission is a sufficient call to them to venture all, and, like the primitive Christians, go every where preaching the gospel.