There are conscientious souls that trust partly to God, and partly to themselves. They do not look to God, to be kept by his power, but depend upon watchfulness against temptation, and the performance of certain duties for acceptance with him. There are no victories in this kind of faith. We can do nothing, absolutely nothing, to commend ourselves to divine favor. God will accept every one that comes to him trusting wholly in the merits of a crucified Saviour.
Love springs up in the heart.
There may be no ecstasy of feeling, but there is an abiding, peaceful trust. Duty becomes a delight, and sacrifice a pleasure. The path that before seemed shrouded in darkness becomes bright with beams from the Sun of Righteousness. This is walking in the light as Christ is in the light.