Simply because this is the method by which the salvation of the world is actually accomplished; simply because we ourselves thus tax the patience of Christ, and because we feel that the love we depend upon and believe in as the salvation of the world we must ourselves endeavour to show.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
But we feel as we read that the man has not arrived at his view of truth without much labour, that we are witnessing an endeavour to escape from the coils of doubt, and that we have a victor who has faced and fought his troubles and difficulties.
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty
In a general way, I should endeavour to earn a few more dollars by pulling out fir-stumps for somebody or clearing land.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton