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Quote by George Whitefield
I would not but be a poor despised minister of Jesus Christ for ten thousand worlds.
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The speaker says that being a poor and despised minister of Jesus Christ is still preferable to gaining “ten thousand worlds.” The words reject enormous worldly wealth or status in comparison with serving Christ, even when that service brings poverty and contempt.
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- The Works of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A., Vol. 2 (1771), Project Gutenberg
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