The first principle of Christianity is to forget one’s self.
When Wilberforce was straining every energy to get his bill for
the emancipation of slaves passed, a lady once said to him, “Mr.
Wilberforce, I’m afraid you are so busy about those slaves that
you are neglecting your own soul.” “True, madam,” he said; “I
had quite forgotten that I have one.” That remark contains one
of the deepest truths of Christianity. (Text.)
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