We deny our Lord whenever, like Demas, we through love of this present world forsake the course of duty which Christ has plainly pointed out to us.
Reginald Heber (1838). “Sermons: On the Lessons, the Gospel, Or the Epistle for Every Sunday in the Year, and for Week-day Festivals, Preached in the Parish Church of Hodnet, Salop”, p.333
