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He (Paul) was a man “poor in spirit”, who said of a truth that he counted himself “less than the least of all saints”. I know of nothing more testing, nothing more exacting, than to measure oneself honestly thus. It was no poetic utterance of Paul’s; no frenzy of excitement; it was a sober, considered judgment ... With what dignity he must have clothed the saints!

How great they were before his eyes! What an entire effacement of self it shows! He was a man who had seen Christ, and who could say of himself that he was crucified with Christ. He had seen such a display of himself in the crucifixion of Christ, that he was glad to disappear in that crucifixion.

A. M. Hayward (‘The Laws of the Kingdom’, p.2)

If one has faith, one sees a great deal to be done in every direction. Needs abound. Somebody has to do things. Are you thinking about that? Or are you just leaving it with those who are active for the moment? One does not know how long one is to be left here, but if one is to be taken, how glad one is, if someone is left to carry on the work. There is plenty of work to be done. Have you any exercise about it?

J. Taylor (N.S. Vol. 7, p.182)

Habitual faithfulness in judging the flesh in little things is the secret of not falling.

J. N. Darby (‘Collected Wrtgs.’ N.S. Vol. 17, p.349)

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