James Boyd

It is painfully humiliating for one who has known the Lord for any considerable time to face the truth as to the very little progress his soul has made in the apprehension of divine things, and how much of the simplest elements of Christianity he has yet to learn. The reason of this may be that while we have to learn the truth in parts, and can only take it in according to the growth of our souls, it is all one complete subject, nothing isolated and independent by itself, but each and every part and line of truth so interwoven that each single thread of that priceless fabric runs throughout the entire material. We learned a little yesterday and we are being taught a little more today, and if we remain upon earth and are diligent we shall learn a little more tomorrow; but what one feels is this, that nothing that we have learned has been learned so perfectly that nothing more can be known about it, and the reason of this, I have no doubt, is that the mind of God is not only infinite, but that it is presented to us in a Person, and the thoughts of God are only known by us as we know that Person.