Wesley Corpus

death ? What slumber is this which oppresses thee ? knowest thou not that one thing is needful ? What then are these many things with which thou art encumbered ? Why hath any but this great concern the least place in thoughts ? Is the entertainment of the senses the one thing needful ? or the gratifying the imagination with uncommon, or great, or beautiful objects ? Our blessed Lord speaketh not thus : he saith not that the one thing is to acquire wealth, or increase what thou hast already ; nor to obtain honour, power, rank, or preferment ; nor yet to possess a large share of that fairest earthly fruit, learning. No ; though any of these may sometimes be conducive to, not one of them is the one thing needful, which simply is to regain an angelical nature ; to recover the image wherein we were formed, to be like the Most High ! This alone is the one end of our abode on earth ; for this alone did the Son of God pour forth his precious blood, that he might form a people to himself, " zealous of good works ;" for this alone does his Holy Spirit watch over us, that we, who without this divine influence are not able to