Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; for our vineyards are in blossom. Song of Solomon 2:15. (R. V.)
How numerous the little foxes are! Little compromises with the world; disobedience to the still, small voice in little things; little indulgences of the flesh to the neglect of duty; little strokes of policy; doing evil in little things that good may come; and the beauty, and the fruitfulness of the vine are sacrificed!—J. Hudson Taylor.