Cast thy Burden on the Lord.
By Susan Elmer
This I am trying to do. And how consoling is the thought that we have a kind Father to watch over us, who will suffer nothing to befall us, but what is for our good. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Have we waited long, and are not our hopes realized? Hope on; the blessing will yet come; the promise is sure. Yea, the blessing has already come. Is it nothing to have our Father's smile upon us? nothing that our hopes are so soon to be realized? Have we no cause of rejoicing in affliction? Hear the beloved apostle, “I am exceeding joyful in all my tribulation.” But we must live so near the Lord as to reflect light from the countenance of Jesus. We must watch unto prayer. The axe must be laid at the root of the tree. We must take up our cross and perform every duty. Then we can claim the promise, “If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.” Lone pilgrim, cheer up. The long, dark night of sorrow is almost ended. The light of prophecy beams upon us, and by it we descry the glory-gilt hills and verdant plains of Paradise. The glorious realities of the future will soon burst upon our astonished vision. The golden gates will soon open and bid us welcome. Soon shall our ears be greeted by the rich music of Heaven, as it is wafted upon the breeze from the golden harps of the ransomed millions. This is enough to animate us by the way. Let the condescension of our heavenly Father, the amazing love and pity of Jesus, be kept in our minds; and when in trials, let these words of the psalmist be our solace, “Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thy heart. Wait, I say, on the Lord.”