"A thief is always desirous to have the candles put out."
His trade is best carried on in the dark. This is the reason why Satan is so dead set against faithful preachers and teachers: he can rob the church, and plunder souls so much better when the light of the gospel is withdrawn. How much better could the Pope pick our purses with his purgatory, indulgences, and relics, if the gospel light were quenched among us! The old-fashioned doctrines of grace are the candles of the Lord, and we must keep these well alight among the people, or we shall soon find the Romish thieves busy among us.
This is one reason why creeds and catechisms are so much detested by men of the modern school: these candles are not to their mind, for they prevent their robbing us of the treasures of divine truth.
Lord, I bless Thee for the light, and I pray that I may not quench even the tiniest taper by which Thou dost enlighten me.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Flowers From A Puritan's Garden, pp. 66-67
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