Page 52 - 39 The Time of Trouble

consecrated by His footprints. Every thorn

that wounds our feet has wounded His. Every

cross that we are called to bear He has borne

before us. The Lord permits conflicts, to

prepare the soul for peace. The time of

trouble is a fearful ordeal for God's people;

but it is the time for every true believer to

look up, and by faith he may see the bow of

promise encircling him.

“The redeemed of the Lord shall return, and

come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting

joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain

gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning

shall flee away. I, even I, am He that

comforteth you: who art thou, that thou

shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die,

and of the son of man which shall be made as

grass; and forgettest the Lord thy Maker; ...

and hast feared continually every day