We tell him that it must be a great consolation to him to be so precise about the extent of his loss. He does not seem to see the worth of our consolation. We assure him that he ought to be grateful that he has so clear a sense of his loss, for many people might have lost their pocketbooks and been quite unable to know the extent of their losses. Our friend is not, however, cheered in the least. “No,” says he, “to know my loss does not help me to recover it. Tell me where I can find my property, and you have done me real service, but merely to recognize my loss is no comfort whatever.”
I've been told it is a sign of spiritual life to desire Christ at all, that the unsaved are spiritually dead, and unable to desire salvation whatsoever.
