Repentance Carried to Heaven

"Sir," said a young man to Philip Henry, "how long should a man go on repenting? How long, Mr. Henry, do you mean to go on repenting yourself?"

What did old Philip Henry reply? "Sir, I hope to carry my repentance to the very gates of heaven. Every day I find I am a sinner, and every day I need to repent. I mean to carry my repentance, by God's help, up to the very gates of heaven."

Reader, may this be our divinity— your divinity, my divinity—your theology, my theology! May repentance towards God and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ be Jachin and Boaz—the two great pillars before the temple of our religion, the cornerstones in our system of Christianity!—Ryle