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An Evil Frame

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 25, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 13, No. 1.

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An Evil Frame

By Dr. Love

AN EVIL FRAME. When the soul is in an evil frame, so long as it places all its hope in its duties, this evil frame must throw it into deep despondency; but if it be putting its trust in this secret mercy of God which is expressed in the absolute promises, then its evil frame is no hindrance to its hope. For the soul says to itself, "Though I be in a bad frame, that will not change the unchangeable purpose of love in God: and his love will be the more manifested, as well as his power, the more dead that I am. And, if he have a purpose of love toward me, whenever that breaks forth, it will remedy all; and therefore I will go and lay myself at his feet as I am, and look up. It may be he will be gracious, as he has promised. I will spread out his promises before him as I can. Who can tell, but that he will make them good to me? If his love were dependent on some good thing in me, or to be done by me, then indeed I might despair. But he tells me that it has been from everlasting toward those that have in them no worth at all—even to such as I am; and I know not but that I myself am even now the object of it. Therefore I will wait on, in the use of all means, till I see what he will do with me."—Dr. Love.