the result with the Lord. It seems to me that God does not charge us with the result, so much, but to be faithful. "Go, work to-day in my vineyard."
God's plans of mercy and purposes of love, with reference to the salvation of his ransomed people, shall be accomplished. We may have purposes, and they may be frustrated; obstacles may arise which we could not foresee, or which we may not be able to overcome -but not so with God.
God's purposes are so many streams of love, flowing, as it were, from the eternal mind.
In all our afflictions, however painful, however dark the dispensations for the present, however mysterious the dealings of our heavenly Father with us, it becomes us to say, "It is well." The exercise of this spirit is sweet and delightful. Whatever is ordered of God must be well.
Be watchful over your own heart; see that it does not deceive you. Trust not in mere sympathetic feeling in religion-trust not, on the other hand, in the outward forms of religion-but trust in the Savior alone.
The church of God will soon be a pure church, without any imperfections. We are assured that the withered branches shall be taken away, and cast into the fire-then this vine will bloom in everlasting verdure, and bear perpetual fruit to the praise and glory of God.
It is a delightful thought that God's glory and our highest interests are intimately connected, so that
