The only way to grow in grace is to be interestedly doing the very work Christ has enjoined upon us to do,--interestedly engaged to the very extent of our ability to be helping and blessing those who need the help we can give them. This is the only way we can grow in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. Christians who are constantly growing in earnestness, in zeal, in fervor, in love,--such Christians never backslide. They are becoming more closely identified with the Saviour in all his plans. They are partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. Their wisdom is increasing, their ability how to work. They seem to comprehend the largest plans. They are ready to engage in the most stirring enterprises, and they have no room for slothfulness; they cannot find a place for stagnation.

Den eneste vej til at vokse i nåde er at gøre det arbejde uegennyttigt, som Kristus har pålagt os at gøre, - uegennyttigt involvere os så vidt vore evner rækker, med at hjælpe og velsigne dem som behøver den hjælp vi kan give dem. Dette er den eneste måde vi kan vokse i nåden og i Jesus Kristi kundskab. Kristne som hele tiden vokser i alvor, i iver, i glød, i kærlighed, disse vil aldrig falde fra. De får del i guddommelig natur, har undflyet verdens fordærvelse, som skyldes det onde begær. Deres visdom vokser, deres evner hvordan de arbejder. De synes at forstå de største planer. De er parat til at involvere sig det de mest oprørende foretagender, og de har ikke plads for dovenskab; de kan ikke finde plads for stilstand.