Gerhard and Walther

Humility consists of this: on the one hand, that a person acknowledge from the heart his own unworthiness and weakness and, on the other hand, compare it to God’s high majesty and glory. It consists of humbling oneself before God with childlike fear; that one solely ascribe to God the Lord all the blessings that he has to carry out what God intends, all the blessed promises in His Word. That one acknowledges and glorifies all God’s gifts to all men. That one in no way take credit for these gifts, much less despise them, but rather to encounter them with thanksgiving.—Johann Gerhard, Schola Pietatis III:229, 230.

Can anyone think of a greater blessing than that Christ wants to be in the midst of His followers as often as they gather in His name, even if they are only two or three in number?—C. F. W. Walther, God Grant It!, p. 545.