Occupation with our state will never bring us one whit nearer the Lord; it will only distress, enfeeble and enslave our souls. Occupation with Christ will produce every moment increasing conformity to His image. The true remedy, therefore, for a bad state is Christ so completely filling our vision — Christ in what He is and in what He has done — that self cannot be seen in the light of His glory. State is not everything, but Christ is everything, and in proportion as we learn this lesson will our state meet His mind.
The Christian Friend, 13:280