“Then let us remember that we are his stewards. Our time, our health, our strength, our talents, our all, are his, and his alone. Let us seek to remember this, and carry it out this year, and then what happy Christians shall we all be! It is a divine principle, “To him that hath shall more be given;” [Mark 5:24a] and as assuredly as we seek to make good use of that which is confided to us, more will be imparted. We shall be used of the Lord, and shall become increasingly happy in his own most blessed service. Brethren, we have only one life–one brief life; let us seek with renewed purpose of heart to consecrate that one life wholly to the Lord–day by day to live for God, and serve him with our body, soul, and spirit, which are his.”
George Mueller (1805-1898) in “The Secret of Effectual Service to God” in Friends Review: A Religious, Literary and Miscellaneous Journal, vol. XIX (1865): 275-276.