Thou art place in the midst of a trying world; limit Him not. Infinite wisdom hath placed thee there, and infinite power is sufficient for thee. Thou tellest me thy body is weak; limit Him not. Thou tellest me thy spirits are weak; limit him not. Thou tellest me thy faith is weak; limit Him not. Thou tellest me providential dealings seem against thee; limit Him not, He can make the "rough place plain"; He can make the "crooked place straight". He can make the bitter waters sweet; He can cause thee to sing the louder song for these very trials; He can cause thee to tune thy harp the more to His praise because thou shalt sing of "the brother born for adversity".

But is this all I would counsel thee, dear reader, in. Far from it. Oh! be not contented with not limiting"; pray for that faith that expecteth great things. "Open thy mouth wide". God has opened His heart wide; His covenant is opened wide - "Yet there is room", - all fulness in Christ; "open thy mouth wide". But is thy heart "opened wide"? Reader, it is easier to open the mouth about spiritual blessings than it is to have the heart opened for spiritual blessings - truly to covet them, truly to long after them. Oh! for more spirituality; my soul thirsteth for God "as the hart panteth after the water brooks". Expect much of God who gave His Son. What can He withhold! Look into thy circumstances, look into thy situation; look for the holy wisdom that can make thee to turn thy very hindrances into encouragements, and thy very trials into blessings.

The Lord fill us with His own self, His own love, under the unction of His own Spirit; and make us happy in the consciousness that notwithstanding all, we do stand before God "in Christ" - His beloved Son - and our beloved Lord.

J.H. Evans