I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I got religion, I found some work to do to benefit somebody.
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.
I have felt the inspiration of the living God directing me in my labors.
I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls.
Many think that the price of discipleship is too costly and too burdensome. For some, it involves giving up too much. But the cross is not as heavy as it appears to be. Through obedience, we acquire much greater strength to carry it.
That's what troubles me: I should like to suffer more for the expiation of my sins.
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.
I have always felt that my work is religious, not sacrilegious.
I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.
It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.