Sickness, its trials and blessings.

  • Maurice, Priscilla, 1810-
Date:
1859
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sickness, its trials and blessings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    rROBAlilLITY OF RECOVEllY ; VII. I PROBABILITY OF RECOVERY; OPPOSITE TEMPTATIONS ABOUT IT. Even if you have been brought to look upon your's as a hfe-Iong sickness, there are times when the possibihty of recovery comes before you. Sometimes it may be with an eager de- sire, ahiiost an impatient longing; at other times perhaps with a hope that it will never be, an aversion to the very idea of it; and again at other times with a morbid indifference ; and yet again, as almost a ludicrous imagination. Probably, when first illness came upon you, you were either most earnest in your desires and prayers for recovery, or almost fearful lest you should recover, eager and impatient to de- part. You were surely right to pray, and that earn- estly, that if it were the holy will of God, you might recover your bodily health ; for health is a most precious gift, full of blessings, and duties, and responsibilities, and sorrows, and enjoyments. Besides, life is a wonderful and blessed gift from God, and we ought to love life,''' and heartily to give thanks for our crea- tion and preservation, and all the blessings of this life. Perhaps your temptation has been not to do so—to be careless of life and health— to see no brightness and blessing in it, only a
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