in Signs of the Times vol.17 no.1 (Jan. 1849)
AUTHOR: | Mitchell, William M. |
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MANY DIFFICULTIES lie in the path of these “poor and afflicted”
pilgrims—and much suffering is to be endured; for one
who has trod this path before you, has told us that it is “through
great tribulation that you must enter the kingdom of heaven;”
therefore be not discouraged by your trials, and suppose that
these are not the old “paths” that the ancient pilgrim trod while
on their journey to a “city of habitation.” The “Captain of our
salvation was made perfect through sufferings” and He is your
only Leader, Counselor, Priest and King, and he will come to
your relief with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him in
your deliverance, so that in every conflict you will be more
closely wedded in love to him, and more weaned from this perishable
world and made to know that “all things work together
for good to them that love God,” and that those afflictions are
“working for you a far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory,” therefore you ought rather to rejoice inasmuch as you are
partakers of “Christ’s sufferings” that you will be partakers of
his glory also. |
