Memoranda written by Dr. Cornelius.
By Dr. Cornelius
"How much more should we have done for Jesus Christ and his cause, if our hearts had always been in a holy, heavenly frame. How many ways of doing good would have been devised which have been unthought of. How many opportunities improved that have been neglected. As to what has been done by us, how much better done had it been, and how much more successfully, if our conversation, prayers and efforts had proceeded from a heart of overflowing love to God and men. And are we not bound to possess, to cultivate, and to maintain such a holy and heavenly frame? Are we not responsible to God for all the consequences of not having it? O then, how great is the guilt which will follow us to the Judgment! and how humble and penitent should be the holiest and most useful man that lives! Alas! what can those say who have never risen above the common level of piety and usefulness!" "How and where do you expect to spend eternity?" "We shall certainly carry our character with us into eternity."