ELBERFELD, FEBRUARY 5TH, 1855
ELBERFELD, FEBRUARY 5TH, 1855
[p. 305] G V Wigram, I have been writing on Colossians with much instruction to myself, so that I am reading it once again. But all one does is so imperfect as to execution. It seems “Matthew” is enjoyed by the saints. I get on enough to be dissatisfied with what I have done before, though the truth into which one has been led by these inquiries retains its value.
I trust the bonds (or peace at least) between — and the others is consolidating. He is uncommonly amiable were he somewhat deeper- but we must, and for good, take men and the saints as God gives them to us: they are His, not ours ... . A real workman, a “man of God” is a great, the greatest treasure in the world ... .
Elberfeld, February 5th, 1855.