August 23 Beyond measure it is desirable that we, as believers, should have the person of Jesus constantly before us, to inflame our love towards him, and to increase our knowledge of him. I would to God that my readers were all entered as diligent scholars in Jesus' college, students of Corpus Christi, or the body of Christ, resolved to attain unto a good degree in the learning of the cross. You cannot get a subject closer to you than to have it in the heart itself. We should pant after love to Christ of a most abiding character, not a love that flames up and then dies out into the darkness of a few embers, but a constant flame, fed by sacred fuel, like the fire upon the altar which never went out. This cannot be accomplished except by faith.
Faith is the lily's root, and love is the lily's bloom.
If love be cold, be sure that faith is drooping. From Charles H. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening . This daily devotional has been inspiring Christians for more than 100 years. This old version of this work is no longer under copyright. If you know differently - let me know and these pages will be removed from this site.