September 2d.  Mark this distinction. . . .  Imitation is mechanical, reflection organic.  The one is occasional, the other habitual.  In the one case, man comes to God and imitates Him; in the other, God comes to man and imprints Himself upon him.  It is quite true that there is an imitation of Christ which amounts to reflection.  But Paul’s term includes all that the other holds, and is open to no mistake.  “Whom having not seen, I love.”  The Changed Life, p. 39.

September 3d.  In paraphrase:  We all reflecting as a mirror the character of Christ are transformed into the same Image from character to character—­from a poor character to a better one, from a better one to one a little better still, from that to one still more complete, until by slow degrees the Perfect Image is attained.  Here the solution of the problem of sanctification is compressed into a sentence:  Reflect the character of Christ and you will become like Christ.  The Changed Life, p. 24.

September 4th.  Not more certain is it that it is something outside the thermometer that produces a change in the thermometer, than it is something outside the soul of man that produces a moral change upon him.  That he must be susceptible to that change, that he must be a party to it, goes without saying; but that neither his aptitude nor his will can produce it is equally certain.  The Changed Life, p. 20.

September 5th.  Just as in an organism we have these three things—­ formative matter, formed matter, and the forming principle or life; so in the soul we have the old nature, the renewed nature, and. the transforming Life.  Natural Law, p. 302.

September 6th.  Is it hopeless to point out that one of the most recognizable characteristics of life is its unrecognizableness, and that the very token of its spiritual nature lies in its being beyond the grossness of our eyes?  Natural Law, p. 302.

September 7th.  According to the doctrine of Bio-genesis, life can only come from life.  It was Christ’s additional claim that His function in the world, was to give men Life.  “I am come that ye might have Life, and that ye might have it more abundantly.”  This could, not refer to the natural life, for men had that already.  He that hath the Son hath another Life.  “Know ye not your own selves how that Jesus Christ is in you.”  Natural Law, p. 303.

September 8th.  The recognition of the Ideal is the first step in the direction of Conformity.  But let it be clearly observed that it is but a step.  There is no vital connection between merely seeing the Ideal and being conformed to it.  Thousands admire Christ who never become Christians.  Natural Law, p. 306.

September 9th.  For centuries men have striven to find out ways and means to conform themselves to the Christ Life.  Impressive motives have been pictured, the proper circumstances arranged, the direction of effort defined, and men have toiled, struggled, and agonized to conform themselves to the Image of the Son.  Can the protoplasm conform itself to its type?  Can the embryo fashion itself?  Is Conformity to Type produced by the matter or by the life, by the protoplasm or by the Type?  Is organization the cause of life or the effect of it?  It is the effect of it.  Conformity to Type, therefore, is secured by the type.  Christ makes the Christian.  Natural Law, p. 307.