WHY NONE SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED.
By G. P. Wilson
BECAUSE in God and in his Son Jesus Christ is balm for every wound which the adversary of souls has ever inflicted upon man. Have your hopes in life become dim, your earthly prospects failed you, and are all things seemingly conspiring together to distract and sink you? Remember Jesus Christ is a refuge for just such a time as this. Though all things else fail you, he does not. He is the the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. Heb. xiii, 8. Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, is his gracious invitation, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Matt. xi, 28–30. The very nature of our wants, temporal and spiritual, if nothing else, should teach us of the goodness and mercy of our heavenly Father. We need nothing which he is not ready and willing to give. Matt. xxi, 22; John xv, 7. We have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities. Heb. iv, 15. My grace is sufficient for thee, for my strength is made perfect in weakness, said the Lord to Paul when the latter besought him to remove his "thorn in the flesh." Such was the assurance the apostle had to support him in trial, and the same have all who will receive it, whatever may be our circumstances or difficulties to be overcome. "My grace is sufficient," says the Lord omnipotent. "Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet." Heb. xii, 12, 13. "Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord." Ps. cv, 3. Truly God is good to Israel.' Ps. lxxiii, 1. In the world ye shall have tribulation, says our Saviour; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. John xvi, 33. G. P. WILSON.