Heaven itself is not so valuable and precious as Christ is.
Is not the sweet presence of Christ in heart an oasis for the soul in our desert sojourn?
It is the property of true faith highly to prize Christ in all things, places, persons, and conditions, above all things, and beyond all time.
The humble soul knows that God out of Christ is incommunicable, that God out of Christ is incomprehensible, that God out of Christ is very terrible, and that God out of Christ is inaccessible; and, therefore, he always brings Christ with him, presents all his requests […]