"I should like to remove the feeling of hopelessness with
which some regard the nations….as if their doom was sealed and their
populations given over to God to fill up the measure of their wickedness; as if
the Gospel and the Bible had come too late…
"The Word of God is not bound; nor has it become feeble like
the words of man. Men may become
disheartened and lose their confidence in the Divine record. But there it stands in its old strength;
ready to do battle with all the phases of modern skepticism, as with those of
ancient superstition; equally able to cope with the sophistries of infidelity,
as with the subtleties of pantheism.
Still, as it has always been, the fire that melts the flint, the hammer
that breaks the rock in pieces, the sword that pierces to the dividing asunder of
soul and spirit.
"Let us do justice to the Book of God, and to the gospel of
Christ, in dealing with the chaos, far or near.
With such weapons we may face the evil hopefully. Nil desperandum. (Despair not at all.) The word of the Lord is quick and powerful. We may trust it thoroughly.
--taken from Horatius Bonar, Christ is All
He will be the sure foundation for your times, a rich store of salvation and wisdom and knowledge; the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure. Isaiah 33:6
*photos taken in Indonesia, July
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