Sickness, its trials and blessings.

  • Maurice, Priscilla, 1810-
Date:
1859
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Credit: Sickness, its trials and blessings. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Do you say circumstances V Who rules cir- cumstances ? Who could in one hour fix your lot in the country, and let it there abide 'i God placed you in that town. God knows all your circumstances, for He placed you in them. He sees them most minutely. He pities you most tenderly with His great and endless pity. but He will not spare for the crying * of the child. If any other lot would have been equally good for you ; if any other discipline would have taught you as much of the evil of 3'our own heart, or of the love of God, depend upon it He would have given you the lighter, and kept back the heavier. Do not argue with the tempter ; do not let him persuade you that they are bad circumstances, unsuited to you ; but say at once, Get thee behind me, Satan : for thou savourest not the things that be of God^ God placed me here—it is the will of God. God is love ^ I know that this is the very best place for me, for I was placed here by the only wise God. There is no other ans^wer to all those questionings, temptations, and sug- gestions. The same answer will serve for every lot in life—for every trial: to wise hearts this certain hope is given, No mist that men may raise shall hide the eye of Heaven. Always try to judge your friends by their 8 Prov. xix. 18. Mark viii. 33. ' John iv. 8.
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