It takes power for the man of God in the pulpit to speak plainly about particular sins before the faces of those who are living in them; and still more power to do it with the rare tactfulness and tenderness of the Galilean preacher.
The men who seem to know most of God's power have had great, unspeakable longings, at times, for a fresh consciousness of that power.
Ideals are like tuning forks: sound them often to bring your life up to standard pitch.
