When desires are so weighty that they burden our words and even crush them down, then are they most prevalent with God. Good men’s memories sometimes fail them. Life without struggle and difficulty is thin and tasteless. How can a noble life be constructed if there be no difficulty to overcome, no suffering to bear? You lay it down as a programme that you must be saved in that way or not at all. Is this right? Is this wise? Do you mean to dictate to the Lord? There is an old nature in us which fights
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