A. B. Simpson

Our spiritual life must pass down to deeper depths and on up into higher experiences of life, or we shall lose even what we have. We cannot cling to the sweetest spiritual experiences, the fondest object of our highest joy, without ceasing to grow and bear fruit…. We must learn not only to give up our wrongs, but to give up our rights…. We must turn from the things that are not sinful and learn the great lesson of self renunciation even in rightful things…. We must have the cross mark upon our affections and friendships,…our prayers,…the life of our body…. Our religious experiences must have the mark of the cross on them…. Our service for God must often be buried before it can bring forth much fruit.