Prosperity and the Work of the Gospel
At first glance it may seem that we ought to be able to do better work when the crops are good, and when wages are high, and yet it is a fact, and scores of illustrations might be presented to demonstrate it, that the work of the gospel has always prospered most under adversity. When prosperity is in the land, the people forget God, and men are not as likely to give their lives to self-sacrificing work as when they are being taught by adversity that God must be their all in all. What is your personal condition, dear reader, in this time of unparalleled prosperity in the United States? Are you drifting with the world into speculation? or are you still walking the path of self-denial and humble service?