Two men were discussing the experiences of the deeper Christian life. One asked, “Is heart holiness a crisis or a process?” The other replied by asking a question: “How did you get from the town where you live to this place?” “I came by train,” was the answer. “And did the train bring you by one sudden jump into this town?” “Oh, no,” he replied. “I kept coming along more and more.” “But when you boarded the train, how did you do it? Was it ‘more and more’?” “No,” said he, “I stepped in all at once.” “Exactly,” said the godly minister; “you stepped in instantly — that was a crisis; and as you journeyed you kept getting nearer and nearer to your final objective — that was a process.”
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Choice Illustrations” W.W. Clay, pp. 18-19