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in The Southern Baptist Messenger vol.7 no.4 (1857)
AUTHOR: | Hartwell, Phildander |
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THE CHILDREN OF GOD are an afflicted and poor people,
but their trust is in Israel’s God; he will never leave nor forsake
them, though an host should encamp against them. My mind is
often dark, sometimes I walk in darkness and have no light,
but, Why should I complain? God maketh darkness as well as
light, and both are alike unto him. Yet are they safe.—Safe even
when they walk in darkness, their every trial is for their good,
all things work together for good to them that love God, and
are the called according to his purpose.
God has given unto us exceeding great and precious promises,
yet we are prone to think that all things are against us,
when in reality they are all for us. Trials are good for us, and
we have reason to be thankful that we are not without them,
“For what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?” “If ye
endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons.” “But
if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then
are ye bastards and not sons.” Heb. xii.8. Beloved, think it not
strange concerning the fiery trial, which is to try you, as
though some strange thing had happened unto you. But rejoice
inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that
when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad with everlasting
joy. 1 Pet. iv. 12, 13.
The above with many other portions of Scripture, assure us
that the Lord’s children are chastised, and tried, yet it is hard at
times for us to draw comfort from our trials; they rather look to
us as a mark of God’s displeasure, but when the glass seems
more clear then we can rejoice, and glory in tribulation, knowing
that tribulation worketh patience, &c. |
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