“We should always look upon ourselves as God’s servants, placed in God’s world, to do His work; and accordingly labour faithfully for Him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can. Again, never expect any satisfaction or happiness from the world. If you hope for happiness in the world, hope for it from God, and not from the world.”
David Brainerd (1718-1747), American missionary to the Delaware Indians in New Jersey, in Letter III to his brother Israel, written from Kaunaumeek on January 21, 1744 in The Works of Jonathan Edwards (London: William Ball, 1839) 436.