The life of those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High may be called a Hidden Life, because the animating principle, the vital or operative element, is not so much in itself as in another. It is a life grafted into another life. It is the life of the soul, incorporated into the life of Christ; and in such a way, that, while it has a distinct vitality, it has so very much in the sense, in which the branch of a tree may be said to have a distinct vitality from the root.
Monday, March 14, 2016
On Hating Wrong-Doing
He who hates crime, or any kind of wrongdoing because wrong-doing is
hateful in itself, does well; but he who, on analyzing his feelings,
finds that he hates it, through fear of its punishment rather than from
aversion to its nature, cannot with any good reason be said to hate it
at all.
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