. . .is successful in the accumulation of wealth, he is never known to be ashamed of that; if he is remarkable for worldly wisdom, he is never tempted to be ashamed of that; nor, if he deduces his pedigree from a long line of ennobled ancestry, does he show any tendency to be ashamed of that.  But if, on the other hand, he be made partaker of the highest gift that the world has ever known—the gift of the grace of God in his heart—the most blessed and glorious gift within the reach either of man or angel—then, strange to say! such is the folly of human nature, that he is strongly tempted to be ashamed of that; ashamed of the deep emotions which the Spirit of God has kindled within his soul, ashamed of that which, in the secrets p. 2of his own heart, he acknowledges to be his hope, his joy, his salvation, and his glory.

Now this is no new thing in the church of Christ, and the words of the text are a clear recognition of its existence in the days, and even in the. . . Read More