Faith Laughs At The Shaking

God's Way Of Answering The Christian's Prayer For More Patience, Experience, Hope And Love Often Is To Put Him Into The Furnace Of Affliction.

When A Founder Has Cast A Bell He Does Not Presently Fix It In The Steeple, But Tries It With His Hammer, And Beats It On Every Side To See If There Be Any Flaw In It. So Christ Doth Not Presently After He Hath Converted A Man, Convey Him To Heaven; But Suffers Him First To Be Beaten Upon By Many Temptations And Then Exalts Him To His Crown.

Sin, Without Strong Restraints, Would Pull God From His Throne, Make The World The Minion Of Its Lusts, And All Beings Bow Down And Worship.

Prayer Is Faith Passing Into Action.

The Christian Will Find His Parentheses For Prayer Even In The Busiest Hours Of Life.