"It is not
permitted to us to shake off the iniquities of others. All of us, more
or less, must share in the sufferings of Christ, bearing our portion of
the sins of the world, which he bore, even unto death. I am ready to
die, if that will save my poor Sophy from her sin.
"But all that makes a Christian life so miserable!" exclaimed Mrs.
Bolton.
"If in this life only we have hope in Christ, then are we of all men
most miserable," he answered.
"And you would teach that we must give up everything," she cried, "all
advantages, and blessings, and innocent indulgences, and pleasures of
every kind?"
"If the sins or temptations of those about call for such a sacrifice, we
must give them up, every one," he replied; "they are no longer blessings
or innocent indulgences. If God calls upon us to make some sacrifice,
and we refuse to do it, do you think he will yield like some weak
parent, who will suffer his child to run the risk of serious injury
rather than give him present pain? The whole law of our life is
sacrifice, as it was the law of Christ's life.
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