Let me illustrate the point in this way: Suppose your weakness to be
selfishness. You struggle hard against that selfish principle; you notice
that you are becoming more unselfish; you are conscious of it because you
have had to put forth such effort to attain it; but after you have gained
the victory and have become habituated to living an unselfish life, you
will be less conscious of your unselfishness. The musician is not so
conscious of his skill after he has mastered the art as he is while
learning it. Those who are the meekest and have the most intimate converse
with heaven, diffusing a fragrance round about them from their holy lives
and seeming to be visitants from some world where there is no sin--these
are least conscious of their high spiritual attainments.
Live a holy life, obey the commandments of God, have a will to serve God,
and if sometimes you do not feel him nor perceive him, do not be troubled,
but consider that he knows the way you take and that when he has tried
you, you shall come forth as gold.
"Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love.
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