The Chapters in this little volume may have their message
to some who are striving to live near the heart of Christ. It is the
hidden life which makes the character. What we are in the depths
of our being, where no human eye can penetrate, that we are actually, as God
sees us. Then this inner life will ultimately work its way through to the
surface, transforming the character into its own quality. Nothing can be
more important, therefore, than that the hidden life be true, pure,
beautiful, and Christ-like. "Man looks at the outward appearance—but the
Lord looks at the heart." 1 Samuel 16:7