Andrew Vance’s Reviews > Holiness:Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots > Status Update

“…let us stand fast in the old paths, follow after eminent holiness ourselves and recommend it boldly to others. This is the only way to really be happy. Let us feel convinced, whatever others may say, that holiness is happiness, and that the man who gets through life most comfortably is the sanctified man.”

“Sin comes to us,like Judas, with a kiss; and like Joab, with an outstretched hand and flattering words. The forbidden fruit seemed good and desirable to Eve, yet it cast her out of Eden. The walking idly on his palace roof seemed harmless enough to David, yet it ended in adultery and murder. Sin rarely seems sin at its first beginnings. Let us then watch and pray, lest we fall into temptation” (Ryle 17).