He is not ashamed to call you brethren; and will you be ashamed
to confess Him as your Lord and Master in the face of all
the world? Be not debating within yourselves when you shall avow yourselves. Make
the plunge, and trust God for the consequences. I know it by experience
that an open, bold confession of being Christ’s is more than half the
struggle over …I say, as one who knows, that if a man, in
the strength of the Lord, is just brought to say to his companions
and friends, I am Christ’s and I must act for Him — that he
will not suffer what others must feel who are creeping on fearfully and
afraid to avow Him whom they desire to serve.