...spirit is willing but the flesh is weak, and within a very short time you find yourself inquiring, Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? And everything seems dark and cloudy and you no longer discern your Savior's presence. Is there any...

...conscious that they have lost their first love, and might express their experience in the sad lament : — Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord ? Others, again, who may not have lost their first love, may yet be feeling that the occasional interruptions...