The impression which the love of Christ makes

on the true believer is far greater and deeper than
the impression which is made by anything earthly.

Mere mortal joys write their record on the sand,
and their memory is soon effaced; but Christ’s
love is like an inscription cut deeply into marble,
the remembrance of it is deeply engraven in our hearts.

The joy of the creature is something like a lithograph
cut lightly on the stone; when the stone is cleaned, the
picture is gone; but the love of Christ is like the steel
engraving, it is deeply cut, and cannot be easily erased.

Earthly joys tread with light feet, and leave but a faint
impression; but the love of Christ treads into the very
core of our soul at every footstep, and therefore it is
that we remember it better than we remember any
earthly pleasure.

The best way to spend your leisure time
The following is from Spurgeon’s sermon,
“Paul — His Cloak and His Books”

“Give yourself unto reading.”
The man who never reads will never be read;
he who never quotes will never be quoted.
He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s
brains, proves that he has no brains of his own.
You need to read.
We are quite persuaded that the very best way
for you to be spending your leisure time,
is to be either reading or praying.
You may get much instruction from books which
afterwards you may use as a true weapon in your
Lord and Master’s service.
Paul cries, “Bring the books” — join in the cry.