The Soul Misplaced

The very purity of the soul lies in its firm adherence to God in Christ. But, when other objects intervene and draw off the soul from its dependence, it becomes vilely debased, keeps not in subordination to God, and loses, as it were, its proper place in the creation; for is not a soul misplaced when it is taken off its very centre, and becomes a vagabond, and fugitive from the presence of the Lord?— William Crawford (1748)