Not till I was shut up to prayer and to the study of God's word by the loss of earthly joys—sickness destroying the flavor of them all—did I begin to penetrate the mystery that is learned under the cross. And wondrous as it is, how simple is this mystery! To love Christ, and to know that I love Him—this is all.
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“It sweetens every bit of work to think that I am doing it in humble, far-off, yet real imitation of Jesus.”
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