William W. Faris, The Children of Light (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1877), Part Third, “Standing in the Light,” ch. IV, “The Laws of Light,” no. 18, “Weakness is strength,” pp. 207–208

The sense of guilt, of indwelling sin, of inherent weakness, cannot be too deep. The ruin, the helplessness, even the inability of the soul, cannot be made too plain. Job came at last to “abhor” himself; then he found hi…