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how long they should be out. “ In fourteen days, if it is God’s will, we shall be in Liverpool,” answered the sailor. “ ‘If it is God’s will’ ! What a sense less expression 1” . said the lady. “Don’t you know that all comes by chance?” In a few days, a terrible storm arose, and the lady stood clinging to the side of the cabin door, in an agony of terror. “What do you think?” she said to the sailor. “Will the storm soon be over?” “It seems likely to last some time, Madam.” “ O h !” she cried. “ Pray that we may not be lost.” His reply was, “Madam, shall I pray to chance ?” How different the Christian who says, “All things work together for good to them that love God” IB-S elected . V. T he S ame Y esterday and T oday “ God means it unto good,” for thee, be loved, The God of Joseph is the same today; His love permits afflictions strange and bitter; His hand is guiding through the unknown way. T h y Lord, who sees the end from the be ginning, Hath purposes for thee o f love untold. Then place thy hand in His, and follow fearless,.. Till thou the riches of His grace behold. There, when thou standest in the Home of Glory, And all life’s path lies open to thy gaze, Thine eyes shall see the hand which now thou trustest, And magnify His love through endless days. — F reda A llen .
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our faith. We can see how some things —the nice things, the pleasant things— could, and would, work together for our good, but not the unpleasant or the dis agreeable things. How could they? But Paul declares through the inspira tion of the Holy Spirit that “we know that all things work together for good to them that love God.” What a comforting assur ance! The very word “know” gives us courage. It is not that we think, feel, guess, hope, or imagine, but we know —the posi tive security which knowledge gives. How do we know? First, because God says so, and because we have read of His dealings with the Old Testament saints. W e have noted Joseph, David, Jonah, and others, and have seen how God’s purposes were worked out in their lives. Second, in our own personal experi ences, we have seen, on looking back, how God has led every step of the way, and how all things have been worked out for our good. The qualifying word, “together,” means much, because “all things” are under God’s control. They always “work together” for our good. Let us remember Jacob. The long years of separation from his beloved Joseph did not seem good to him, but he lived to see God’s wonderful providence in it. God was preparing Joseph to be gover nor of Egypt and the saviour of his family. Truly he could say to his brethren, “But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to'save much people, alive.” If we love God, we can claim this great verse as our own, and rest in the protect ing care of God.
All things work—they are working; not all things have worked, or shall work; it is a present operation. At this very moment, when some voice may be saying, “Thy judgments are a great deep,” the angels above, who are watching the development of the great plan, are with folded wings exclaiming, “The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.” All things work together; it is a beau tiful blending. Many different colors, in themselves raw and unsightly, are required in order to weave the harmonious pattern. Here is the lesson for faith: “What I do thou knowest not now ; but thou shalt know hereafter.”— M acduff . II. T he T housandth T rial In one thousand trials, it is ngt five hun dred o f them that work for the believer’s good, but nine hundred and ninety-nine of them, and one beside.— G eorge M uller . III. A H allowed M eeting P lace There is a mission in Japan, which has a meeting place built by the stones that were thrown at the Christians, in the years gone by. A mob rushed upon the company and stoned them; and when the time of peace came, the Christians picked up the stones, and worked them into the building. E -P ickering . IV. T he S torm A lady, who had forsaken God and the Bible of her youth for the gloom and darkness o f infidelity, was crossing the At lantic. She asked a sailor one morning
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