“He who loves Christ loves his Sabbaths, his worship, his truth, his laws, his people, and all that brings him to mind. To such the Sabbath is a delight, the holy of the Lord, and honorable....

The same man, when he finds the words of Christ, will keep them and rejoice in them. They are to his soul meat and drink. They are to him a fountain of life, a well-spring of salvation. Even Christ’s laws, with all their binding force, are the rejoicing of his heart. And to him God’s people are the excellent of the earth, in whom is all his delight. Whoso loves God’s image anywhere, will love it in his people. He who loves not his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love his Saviour, whom he has not seen.” — William S. Plumer, Vital Godliness: A Treatise on Experimental and Practical Piety (1864), pp. 361-362