Excerpt from The Tenderness of Christ
An obvious snare, as much for those who attempt to write devotional books as for those who profess to use them, is unreality. There are two sorts of unreality. There is that which fashions ideals and imposes sacrifices, with no sort of purpose either of reaching after the one or consenting to the other. This sort, it may be observed, has at least this merit about it: that it is seen through in a moment. The other, commoner of course, since readers are always more plentiful than writers, is the habit of indulging in a facile emotion about God and heavenly things, which, if not promptly turned into a motive for some devout activity or for the deepening and maturing of personal religion, may soon become the most specious and perilous of all kinds of self-deceit.
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