As long as the soul hath Christ in view as the whole of salvation, there will be nothing doubtful; nothing can arise to interrupt that happiness;—but if our feelings, and not Christ's all-sufficiency, are to form the standard of happiness, whenever those feelings at any time abate, there will be a proportioned abatement in the soul's joy, similar to the effects wrought by the differing state of the air on the thermometer. The man that lives upon the rock, need not be concerned in the ebbings or flowings below; but he whose situation is on the sea, will surely be brought to low water mark whenever the tide goes out.

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