The battle of life is no longer a visible fight forced on us from outside, but an inner, unseen struggle we must willingly confront. 

It is not against flesh and blood, but against hidden forces that cling to us in the dark. 

To master our appetites, redirect ambition toward Christian holiness, restrain anger to serve justice, stir a sluggish will to honest work, awaken dull affections to joy, and rouse pity to purposeful action—all this demands vigilance, devotion, and endurance natural to the “good soldier of Jesus Christ,” but far beyond the reach of the skeptics and triflers of our age.