[3] Cowper, Conversation.
[4] Philippians (ed. i.), p. 30, note.
"Man, like the grass of morning,
Droops ere the evening hour;
His goodliness and beauty
Fade as a fading flower;
But who may shake the pillars
Of God's unchanging Word?
Amen, Himself hath spoken;
Amen,—thus saith the Lord.
BISHOP E. H. BICKERSTETH.
THE INTIMACY OF HUMAN HEARTS IN CHRIST
"I learned without booke almost all Paules Epistles, yea and I weene all the Canonical! Epistles, save only the Apocalyps. Of which study, although in time a great part did depart from me, yet the sweete smell thereof I trust I shall cary with me into heaven."
BISHOP RIDLEY, 1555.
CHAPTER II
THE INTIMACY OF HUMAN HEARTS IN CHRIST
PHILIPPIANS i. 1-11
The Apostle and his converts one—The possible isolation of hearts—Union with and in Christ—Christ and the personality—Christ the secret of intimacy—Is the secret ours?—Reserve in Christian intercourse