Blistered, leprous, filthy lips may touch the stream of divine love; they cannot pollute it, but shall themselves be purified. He who follows Christ for his bag is a Judas; they who follow for loaves and fishes are children of the devil; but they who attend Him out of love to Himself are His own beloved ones. You are meddling with Christ’s business and neglecting your own when you fret about your lot and circumstances. If an angel should fly from heaven and inform the saint personally of the Saviour’s
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