The Greater The Trial, The Sweeter The

Here Is The Great Secret Of Success. Work With All Your Might; But Trust Not In The Least In Your Work. Pray With All Your Might For The Blessing Of God; But Work, At The Same Time, With All Diligence, With All Patience, With All Perseverance. Pray Then, And Work. Work And Pray. And Still Again Pray, And Then Work. And So On All The Days Of Your Life. The Result Will Surely Be, Abundant Blessing. Whether You See Much Fruit Or Little Fruit, Such Kind Of Service Will Be Blessed.

On The Ground Of Our Own Goodness We Cannot Expect To Have Our Prayers Answered. But Jesus Is Worthy, And For His Sake We May Have Our Prayers Answered. There Is Nothing Too Choice, Too Costly, Or Too Great For God To Give Him. He Is Worthy. He Is The Spotless, Holy Child, Who Under All Circumstances Acted According To The Mind Of God. And If We Trust In Him, If We Hide In Him, If We Put Him Forward And Ourselves In The Background, Depend On Him And Plead His Name, We May Expect To Have Our Prayers Answered.

When Sight Ceases, It Is The Time For Faith To Work. The Greater The Difficulties, The Easier It Is For Faith. As Long As Human Possibilities For Success Remain, Faith Does Not Accomplish Things As Easily As When All Natural Prospects Fail.

As A Warning To Parents, I Mention That My Father Preferred Me To My Brother, Which Was Very Injurious To Both Of Us. To Me, As Tending To Produce In My Mind A Feeling Of Self-elevation; And To My Brother, By Creating In Him A Dislike Both Towards My Father And Me.

Now What Is Food For The Inner Man? Not Prayer, But The Word Of God; And Here Again, Not The Simple Reading Of The Word Of God, So That It Only Passes Through Our Minds, Just As Water Passes Through A Pipe, But Considering What We Read, Pondering It Over And Applying It To Our Hearts.