the rich young man heard that he must give up the earthly riches in which his soul delighted, if he would follow Christ, he went away sorrowful (Matt. 19:22). Christ, our heavenly Elijah (2 Kings 4:3, 4), does not pour the oil of heavenly grace into any vessel that is not first entirely emptied; and the love of God does not take possession of any soul, from which the love of self and the love of the world have not first been excluded. Where our treasure is, there will our heart be also (Matt. 6:21);