If this is a real work for God it is a real conflict with Satan.

Oh, for eloquence to plead the cause of China, for a pencil dipped in fire to paint the condition of this people.

We have heard of many people who trusted God too little, but have you ever heard of anyone who trusted Him too much?

Were it not for the consciousness of Christ in my life, hour by hour, I could not go on. But He is teaching me the glorious lessons of His sufficiency, and each day I am carried onward with no feeling of strain or fear of collapse.

We are not only to renounce evil, but to manifest the truth. We tell people the world is vain; let our lives manifest that it is so. We tell them that our home is above and that all these things are transitory. Does our dwelling look like it? O to live consistent lives!

Perhaps if there were more of that intense distress for souls that leads to tears, we should more frequently see the results we desire. Sometimes it may be that while we are complaining of the hardness of the hearts of those we are seeking to benefit, the hardness of our own hearts and our feeble apprehension of the solemn reality of eternal things may be the true cause of our want of success.

Unless there is an element of risk in our exploits for God, there is no need for faith.