The More He Cast Away, The More

…just As Christian Came Up To The Cross, His Burden Loosed From Off His Shoulders, Fell From Off His Back, And Began To Tumble Down The Hill, And So It Continued To Do Till It Came To The Mouth Of The Sepulchre. There It Fell In, And I Saw It No More!

It Is Not The Mouth That Is The Main Thing To Be Looked At In Prayer, But Whether The Heart Is So Full Of Affection And Earnestness In Prayer With God, That It Is Impossible To Express Their Sense And Desire; For Then A Man Desires Indeed, When His Desires Are So Strong, Many, And Mighty, That All The Words, Tears, And Groans That Can Come From The Heart, Cannot Utter Them.

Therefore If Mine Enemy Hunger, Let Me Feed Him; If He Thirst, Let Me Give Him Drink. Now In Order To Do This, (1) We Must See Good In That, In Which Other Men Can See None. (2) We Must Pass By Those Injuries That Other Men Would Revenge. (3) We Must Show We Have Grace, And That We Are Made To Bear What Other Men Are Not Acquainted With. (4) Many Of Our Graces Are Kept Alive, By Those Very Things That Are The Death Of Other Men's Souls.... The Devil, (they Say) Is Good When He Is Pleased; But Christ And His Saints, When Displeased.

The Best Prayers Have Often More Groans Than Words.

A Saint Abroad, And A Devil At Home.