The Stone of Israel or, Christ the Rock of Ages (1849)
‘TIS TRUE INDEED, that whom this Shepherd loveth he
chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth, Heb.
xii. 6, but ‘tis not done in wrath, but in love, and for their good
and best interest, and this by him is sought after and closely
looked into in all his dealings with his sheep, and the same shall
be accomplished, though the sheep in the darkness of their
minds may not at times be able to see how this can be effected,
or how any real good can possibly result from circumstances so
trying, so puzzling, and so very mysterious as are many which
they are brought under, and sorely exercised with: but still there
is nothing too hard for the Shepherd of Israel. He that could
and did open in his death a channel of mercy for his sheep, can
easily cause all things to work together for their good and his
own declarative glory. |
