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in Signs of the Times vol.15 no.12 (Jun. 1847)
THE CONFLICTS WHICH BESET ZION’S PILGRIMS in
the deserts of this world are often heavy; and when the clouds of
adversity are gathering around us we are apt to say as old Jacob
did, All these things are against us; but, like him, we often see
in the end that all things work together for good, as they always
do, to them that love the Lord, &c. I am more and more confirmed
in the belief that no trial or temptation has or will ever
befall any of God’s children but when there is a real needs be for
it, and that these are necessary in the great family of God, as
those bright days and golden moments in which we so greatly
rejoice.
Peter was well prepared from painful experience to speak
on this subject, and after pointing out many items of the glorious
system of grace, in which the saints greatly rejoice adds,
Though now for a season if needs be, ye are in heaviness,
through manifold temptations, for the trial of your faith, &c.
These hard trials which cause so much heaviness for a season,
like all other tribulations, work patience, and patience experience,
and experience hope, and hope maketh not ashamed.
Trials may not in all cases be exclusively indispensable in regard
to the very individuals on whom it directly falls, but
much of its benefits are realized by others of the spiritual family,
perhaps very remote. |
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