There are of Christians two kinds. Of these, the one kind have the more comfortable view; the other, the more profitable. The one kind are the self-complacent; the other, the dissatisfied and yearning ones. In a sense, it is true, every child of God is satisfied. The fact that he has found the Savior and the forgiveness of sins and the Advocate at the throne of God and the promise and prospect of every good thing through Christ, gives him peace and joy. But as yet he has only just touched his lips to the cup that Christ gives him. To drink that water of which if a man drink he shall never thirst again, requires all his days. Now there are Christians who but wet their lips and set the bowl down, and live the rest of their days on the remembrance of that, first taste; and there are some who eagerly keep drinking. There are some who fall into a spurious rest now--a rest based on the fact that they have been baptized; that they are wearing Christ's name; that they are attending the meetings and doing their share of the giving; that they are "trying to live right." And there are some to whom their present state, however good, seems as nothing in view of the [84] visions of truer love, more unselfish service, higher worship, deeper trust fuller devotion, that continually unfold before them. These grow more dissatisfied with themselves and more increasingly satisfied with the face of the Lord Jesus Christ that beckons them on. To which of these two classes do you belong, my brother?

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