Prayer, Sunrise, and the Bruised Reed
By Talmage
WHEN the sun rises there is light—why, I know not; but God has put these two things together—sunrise and light. So with prayer, there is a blessing—I know not why; but God has pleased to make this a rule for the government of the universe that there shall be the answer to prayer. The iceberg of trouble will melt in the warm stream of divine sympathy. The bruised reed will He not break. The shepherds used to play on reeds, and they were easily bruised, and could never be mended. They threw them away, and made others. Not so with our Shepherd. When the music is gone out of a man's soul, he does not throw him away. He mends and restores. The bruised reed he never breaks.—Talmage.