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William Carey, a British Baptist missionary who died in 1834, said as a missionary in India, "Do what you do only for God's sake." In other words, don't do something just because it is easy or because it brings you some kind of personal reward. Do it only because you have been called to do it by your Creator. William Carey also said that missionaries should start for God's sake and work for God's sake and act within the sphere of God's good approval.
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