Faithfulness in Adversity
By H. J. WESCOTT
Sr. H. J. WESCOTT writes from N. Y.: I am led this morning to rejoice that, although separated from all of like precious faith, Jesus is near me. I have just been giving Bro. Loughborough's farewell sermon a second reading, and it has caused tears to flow freely. May God bless the laborers of the California Mission, so that it may prove a blessing to the honest in heart. And asking God to bless is not all we have to do, but we must ourselves try to overcome, and set an example of honesty and uprightness before the world. What can give the man of God greater pleasure than for us to live so that we shall not bring reproach upon the cause of Christ, which he is trying with all his energies to build up? I fear I am not clear in this matter. May the Lord help me to be more faithful in the future, and may we all be willing to use our substance, which he has lent us, to his glory, and prove faithful stewards, that when the Master comes, he can receive his own with usury. He will not withhold any good thing from those who walk uprightly. How encouraging! No good thing! We often desire things that are not for our good. We may not always see it, but if we ever bear in mind that all things shall work together for our good, that not even a hair of our head falls to the ground without our Father's notice, and be content with our lot, ever striving to do right, we shall, in the end, see that what looked to us to be greatly against us, will prove a great blessing. “Stand still, and see the salvation of God.” He can divide a Red Sea, and bring water out of the flinty rock.