There cannot be anything so worthy of your noblest manhood as to be truly the disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. I knew a young lady—I think I know several of that sort now—whose heart I could never see. I could not make out why she was so flighty, giddy, frothy, till I discovered that she had kept her heart in a wardrobe. A poor prison for an immortal soul, is it not? Many of God’s people, by reason of a strong faith, are happier in their adversity than they were in their prosperity. You may come
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