We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you
in our prayers;
Remembering without read more

We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you
in our prayers;
Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of
love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight
of God and our Father;
Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.

When admirals extoll'd for standing still,
Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.

When admirals extoll'd for standing still,
Of doing nothing with a deal of skill.

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures.

The fruit derived from labor is the sweetest of all pleasures.

Honest labor bears a lovely face.

Honest labor bears a lovely face.

For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial
of the equal right to the use read more

For as labor cannot produce without the use of land, the denial
of the equal right to the use of land is necessarily the denial
of the labor to its own produce.

Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,
The protest of the weak against the strong.

Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,
The protest of the weak against the strong.

Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and
building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.

Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and
building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.

Not all the labor of the earth
Is done by hardened hands.

Not all the labor of the earth
Is done by hardened hands.

I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing.
[Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]

I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing.
[Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]