Lessons on Faith and Christian Conduct
By JOS. CLARKE.
We receive comfort in the performance of duty. If we do right, God will defend us. There is no protection like God's protection. There is no love like God's love. There is no wisdom like that from above. Those see best whom God enlightens. None are so secure as those who trust in God. Gratitude to God begets praise to him. Ingratitude begets murmuring. Faith and love are twin angels: unbelief and hate, twin reprobates. At every turn and trial in life, we should turn to God. When we feel more than usually blest, we should expect some unusually strong temptation. A tendency to levity is a sure sign of the presence of evil influences. A disposition to triumph in the fall of others, is a strong indication that there will be another fall soon. Kindness will hurt no one: unkindness hurts every time. We pity the physically blind; should we not also pity the spiritually blind? Men are sometimes proud of their unbelief. As well might Gobazi be proud of his leprosy.