“I discover an arrant laziness in my
soul. For when I am to read a chapter in the Bible, before I begin I
look where it ends. And if it ends not on the same side, I cannot keep
my hands from turning over the leaf, to measure the length on the other
side; if it swells to many verses, I begin to grudge. Surely my heart is
not rightly affected. Were I truly hungry after heavenly food, I would
not complain of meat. Scourge, Lord, this laziness of my soul; make the
reading of your Word, not a penance, but a pleasure to me; so I may
esteem that chapter in your Word the best which is the longest” (Rev.
Dr. Thomas Fuller, quoted by Sterling W. Sill: The Quest for Excellence, p. 139).
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