“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” 1 John 3:2

“We are not to settle down, expecting that a change of character will come to us by some miraculous work, when Jesus shall appear in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. No, my young friends, we are judgment-bound, and probation is granted to us here in this life, in order that we may form characters for the future, in mortal life.

“Let none image that selfishness, self-esteem, and self-indulgence are compatible with the Spirit of Christ.Upon every truly converted man or woman there rests a responsibility that we cannot rightly estimate. The maxims and ways…