20保守我们灵的另一条路，是在林后七章一节。……这节说，“所以亲爱的，我们既有这些应许，就当洁净自己，除去肉身和灵一切的玷污，敬畏神，以成全圣别。”这节经文指明，我们应当禁戒肉身和灵一切的玷污。我们必须远离污染我们灵的一切事物。所以我们应当保守我们的眼睛不看恶事，譬如那些玷污人的图片。这样的图片不仅玷污我们的眼睛，也玷污我们的灵；这是我从经历中学知的。一九三三年我第一次访问上海。那时召会有两个会所，……两个会所相离甚远。……从西上海到北上海要花一个小时以上。我头几次搭电车时东张西望，看着大街上各种景观。等我到了会所时，我发现我的灵非常死沉。我注意看街上那许多东西，就叫我的灵死沉。从这件事我学会，当我搭电车时要闭起眼睛祷告；这就保守了我的灵。因为我学习这样保守我的灵，所以当我到达北上海的会所时，我的灵还是活的。我的确在我的灵里得以圣别。
20Another way to preserve our spirit is found in 2 Corinthians 7:1…”Therefore since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and of spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” This verse indicates that we should abstain from all defilement of both flesh and spirit. We need to stay away from anything that contaminates our spirit. This is the reason we should keep our eyes from looking at evil things, such as defiling pictures. Such pictures defile not only our eyes; they also defile our spirit. This is something I have learned from experience. In 1933 I visited Shanghai the first time. The church had two meeting halls then,…quite far from each other…The ride from western Shanghai to northern Shanghai took more than an hour. The first few times I took this ride in the streetcar, I looked around at the various sights on the main street. But when I arrived at the meeting hall, I realized that my spirit was deadened. It had been deadened by my looking at so many things on the street. From this I learned to close my eyes and pray when taking the ride by streetcar. This preserved my spirit. Because I learned to preserve my spirit in this way, when I arrived at the meeting hall in northern Shanghai, my spirit was living. I had truly been sanctified in my spirit.