enter Christ’s family, on condition they do the will of God. “To me to live is Christ” (Phil. 1:21), said Paul—that is the family speech. “I have but one passion, ’tis Jesus only,” said Count Zinzendorf—that is the family speech. “I worship Thee, sweet Will of God,” sang Faber—that is the family speech. Are we members of the family? How shall we know? Are we doing God’s will? Notice, it is not mere outward connexion with Christ’s Church, nor the observance of the form of religion that gives us a
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