Chapter I, "The Open Secret," in Adolph Saphir, The Hidden Life: Thoughts on Communion with God (New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, [1877]), p. 6

There is only one hiding-place, even God Himself. The only safe place for helpless and sinful men is close to God—in the arms of the Father, at the feet of Jesus, the Friend of sinners, once crucified and now exalted, to…