THE CHAINED BRIDGE by Rev. F. H. Mullineaux

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 21, 1880

THE CHAINED BRIDGE.

By Rev. F. H. Mullineaux

As I was riding along a turnpike in Baltimore Co., Md., I passed over a small bridge; and while so doing, I noticed that the bridge was chained to a large tree that stood near by. What does that mean? thought I to myself. It is to hold the bridge sure and steadfast in time of high water. The incident was very suggestive, and a good and useful lesson may be drawn from it. As the bridge was secured by a chain, so should every man be united to Heaven and to God. Heaven is the tree, man the bridge; the afflictions, temptations, trials and troubles of this life unite and cause high water, but while God's promises form a united chain with our faith in him, the storms of life can never sweep us away. With the anchor of hope dropped within the vail we are sure and steadfast.—Rev. F. H. Mullineaux.