The only real and Christian way of purity is to live in the open world and not be of it, and keep the soul unspotted from it. There are no fires that will melt out our drossy and corrupt particles like God’s refining fires of duty and trial, living, as He sends us to live, in the open field of the world’s sins and sorrows, its plausibilities and lies, its persecutions, animosities and fears, its eager delights and bitter wants.