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Show DC STRONQ AND OF GOOD COUflAOt, The Cemmainl It tot ChHitUns te All God's people should nevt r bo tl iamayed. ta matter how great our difficulty, tlnd 'a graco Is sufficient for lis. Tho Jordan at flood height seemed an Impassable barrier, but tho assurance was, "Within threo days je shall rnn over." They were not told how, hut only to ge t ready. We are sometimes troubled brcaura tin work of saving the world Is o great, but our work la only Hint we are able to do. When it comes (o Iho Impossible, Owl will show tk.it all things are possible to him. People are usually more Interested In their own families and their own auo-cess auo-cess than In thox of othem. Tho Keu-Unite Keu-Unite nnd (iadltos might hso pull: "Wo are all Ami. 1 lemon tho tvt mlo of the river Is our aliara of the land. Let the other tribes gu over and i.avcxs their portions." lint Joshua sail no. "Yoali.il! pass over I fore your brethren," breth-ren," "and Iitlplhein until tho Ixird hath given onr brethren rest as he bath given you rest" One win o chit lren and brothers nnd sisters aro all cunvcrtal may feet that hla work la done, an 1 have little aeal lor tho prayer meeting and Hnbbath school. Dut no; Uod's message sayst "You liavo atulnel your desire, (lo on until tho children of your neighbors and all their loved ones aro also aafo In the fold." It umiietiiucshapwna that one child In a Christian family holJa out against the gospul for many years, and that the solicitude so-licitude of inrents and brut hers and sisters Incmuui with every) ear. Homo ono liia suggeated tliat this may bo part of (lwl'a plan for keeping thorn Interested Interest-ed In the work. It Is a lommon but sod mistake for those who hare their heart's desire to sit down while tho children from other homes are astray, Hliould they not rathergo, asdldthe UculxnIUs nnd (ladltes, before their brethren? Our hope for our loved ones and for thone of other hem holds Is In the same gospel and the same earnest effort Again, If (lod line blessed ns,ihoj!d we not be all Iho mora aniloua to bless others? Nothing Noth-ing cau resist the oourage of fallh. Ko long as the Christian is "strong an 1 of gout courage" he Is satV. When he be-111 be-111 ea himself lurlncihlu he Is Invincible. Tlio words, "Ilestrong nn 1 of good courage," cour-age," by their derivation suggest two Ideas strength of arm to light and strength of limbs to stan 1 against assault as-sault Tlio best quail Ilea of a sol J ler am not aeen In the cliarge, but In repelling the charge, or malnuiuluga lino against the steady dropping of hulls which thin the ranks. Tho best quality of faith Is not seen in the enthusiasm cf a rovital, but In the work whkli pc on, rain or shim-, nnd )iar aftir year. Herald and l'reslivlrr. |