How depressed are our graces when means are neglected! What poor starvelings some saints are who live without the diligent use of the Word of God and secret prayer!
If our piety can live without God it is not of divine creating; it is but a dream; for if God had begotten it, it would wait upon him as the flowers wait upon the dew.
Without constant restoration we are not ready for the perpetual assaults of hell, or the stern afflictions of heaven, or even for the strifes within...
If we suffer the good to grow weaker, the evil will surely gather strength and struggle desperately for the mastery over us...
from Morning & Evening by Charles Spurgeon (Jan 2, Evening)

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