THE TWO KINDS OF HEART FAILURE.
We often read of men dropping dead from “heart failure.” This is occasioned by the physical organ we call the heart, ceasing to beat. But there is another kind of “heart failure” in which the individual still lives. The Saviour tells of a time when “men’s hearts” will be “failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth.” In the time of this failing of heart for fear, all will be afflicted with the malady, unless they are hid in the Rock of Ages. Do you not see the premonitions of the calamities that will soon and surely overspread this whole world? If you do, you need not give yourself up to “heart failure.” The Master says, “Come unto Me.” And to all who will come He says, “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusteth in Thee. Trust ye in the Lord forever; for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.” How good it is that the strength of our Father is not only all-powerful, but everlasting! He will never weaken through weariness in protecting us.