We have now a plain work – simply the work of the Lord and no other. We have nothing to preach but the gospel, nothing to believe but the truth of God, nothing to do but the will of God, and nothing to hope for only what is promised in the word of God. Our work is not new and untried, but old, well tried, and noting can stand before us. We have truth and righteousness to maintain – sin and the world to oppose. We can make no change only at our peril – no departure without losing all. We started simply to be the people of God, and to give ourselves unreservedly to the Lord. We can not turn away.
– by Benjamin Franklin
(the gospel preacher, not the statesman)
