18 TOHU-VA-VOHU pose a thing to be, and then straightway deal with it as a fact. There is very little in the New Testament that bears on what we call our ‘ Church principles.’ And yet I do not know any Church that does not differ, in fewer or more points, each from the little which the New Testament says on such matters. Considering the manner in which most people reason, one is thankful even to find a person who can point out correctly the difficulties that are in the way. Such an one will show you the way, if he cannot clear it. For if I want to go to a place, there is a great deal in having the way tracked out, even though it is not made. To become, and not always to get—such should be my motto in prayer. May not the opposite explain much of the poverty in prayer ? Neither is it sanctification that causes justifica- tion, nor yet justification that causes sanctification. The cause of both alike is our new relationship towards God through and in Christ. Hence the