THE Lord, in order to get at the bottom of our hearts, may have to remove a great heap of rubbish, such as self-confidence, pride, and vanity; but He knows what His own grace has done for us, and He will find His love at the bottom of our hearts. He had to remove a great deal from Peter — a mass of fleshy confidence and forward zeal. He may have to take away from us much of that in which we have gloried; but, after all, He will bring out, “Thou knowest that I love thee”— personal affection for Himself.
J. N. D.