DISCOURSE: 1091 THE VIEWS OF A SAINT IN HIS AFFLICTIONS Lamentations 3:22. _It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness_. IT is in affliction chiefly that the children of God attain to any considerable... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1092 THE GOODNESS OF GOD TO SUPPLIANTS Lamentations 3:25. _The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him_. “THE earth,” we are told, “is full of the goodness of the Lord [Note: Psalms 33:5.]:” and indeed it is not possible to behold the universe at large, or... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1093 THE BENEFIT OF EARLY AFFLICTIONS Lamentations 3:27. _It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. He putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope_. THERE are in the Holy Scriptures man... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1094 COMFORT FOR THE AFFLICTED Lamentations 3:31. _The Lord will not cast off for ever: but though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men_. THE Prophet Jeremiah was, perhaps,... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1095 THE EFFICACY OF PRAYER Lamentations 3:54. _Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon. Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee:... [ Continue Reading ]