Most men will not ignore the present world that they can see in order to make the world they cannot see the object of their desires. Therefore, there… - John Bunyan

Dost thou love picking meat? Or wouldst thou see
A man in the clouds, and have him speak to thee?

Some said, "John, print it;" others said, "Not so."
Some said, "It might do good;" others said, "No."

Conversion is not the smooth, easy-going process some men seem to think... It is wounding work, this breaking of the hearts, but without wounding there is no saving... Where there is grafting there will always be a cutting, the graft must be let in with a wound; to stick it onto the outside or to tie it on with a string would be of no use. Heart must be set to heart and back to back or there will be no sap from root to branch. And this, I say, must be done by a wound, by a cut.