We can bear much when we are at peace within. That which makes trouble so dreadful, so hard to endure, is our own secret knowledge that we are unfaithful to our duty, unfaithful to Christ and our Father. That which gives the sting to our difficulties is the conscience which tells us of our own sin; which tells us that we have not yet made our honest choice between what is right and what is wrong; which tells us that, while we are trying to think ourselves followers of what is good, we are, underhand, trying to see if we cannot have dealings with sin.

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