And Now Because You Are His Child,

There Is An Inward State Of The Heart Which Makes Truth Credible The Moment It Is Stated. It Is Credible To Some Men Because Of What They Are. Love Is Credible To A Loving Heart; Purity Is Credible To A Pure Mind; Life Is Credible To A Spirit In Which Life Beats Strongly It Is Incredible To Other Men.

It Is Not In Understanding A Set Of Doctrines; Not In Outward Comprehension Of The "scheme Of Salvation," That Rest And Peace Are To Be Found, But In Taking Up, In All Lowliness And Meekness, The Yoke Of The Lord Jesus Christ.

Let A Man Begin In Earnest With "i Ought," And He Will End, By God's Grace, If He Persevere, With "i Will." Let Him Force Himself To Abound In All Small Offices Of Kindliness, Attention, Affectionateness, And All These For God's Sake. By And By He Will Feel Them Become The Habit Of His Soul.

For When Man Comes To Front The Everlasting God, And Look The Splendor Of His Judgments In The Face, Personal Integrity, The Dream Of Spotlessness And Innocence, Vanishes Into Thin Air: Your Decencies And Your Church-goings And Your Regularities And Your Attachment To A Correct School And Party, Your Gospel Formulas Of Sound Doctrine--what Is All That, In Front Of The Blaze Of The Wrath To Come?

Heaven Begun Is The Living Proof That Makes The Heaven To Come Credible. Christ In You Is "the Hope Of Glory." It Is The Eagle Eye Of Faith Which Penetrates The Grave, And Sees Far Into The Tranquil Things Of Death. He Alone Can Believe In Immortality Who Feels The Resurrection In Him Already.