The Law of God

[Victor Hafichuk]

From Crowded to Christ, by L. E. Maxwell, who quoted this portion by a David Gracey I thought was well expressed, speaking of the Law:

“If the sinner tries to sever the connection [of the Law of God], he finds it impossible. His abhorrence will not break the link; his resolves will not remove the tyranny; his scrupulous care cannot guard against surprise; his struggles will not overcome it; his mortification will not stay it; his confessions will not banish it; his tears will not wipe it out; his penances and sacrifices cannot atone for its wrong.

"Affliction hardens, and prosperity inflames it. It flourishes under the brightness of earthly joy, and thrives beneath the shade of human sorrow. It keeps on its course, through disquiet, through fear, through sore travail of spirit, in apprehension of the great disquiet in the dread unknown.”