“Whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.” The principle applies to everything in life. A good many people want to go only one mile in consecration, in praying, in loving others, in doing God’s will. But mere one mile following of Christ is pitifully inadequate. What kind of a friend do you like – one who will go just the easy one mile with you, while the path is flowery and the air full of sweet odours, and then drop off when the road gets steep and rough, and the winter winds begin to blow? Or do you like the friend who stays by you when it costs to be your friend, when he has to carry burdens for you, has almost to carry you sometimes? Do you like best the friend who goes only one short, easy mile with you and then drops off, or the friend who goes the second mile?