Fillmore Progress | 1915-02-05 | Page 7 | The Mercy-Seat

T the mercy seat thou must not look so BO much duchat at abw iba ovll evil that Is nigh but rather at that which stands ready to pity and help and which hath pitied and helped thy distressed soul and will pity an and d help it again why la Is there a mercy seat but for the sinner to look toward in time ot of need be patient till tho the lords tender mercy and loyo love visit theo thee again and then look up to him against this and ouch euch like snares which would como between thee and the appearance ot of the lords love that thou maleat feel more of his bis abad ings inga with thee and of the sweet effects thereof for these things are not to destroy thee but to teach thee wisdom which the lord Is able through many exercises and sore trials tr f a Is to bestow upon thee that thy heart may be rid of nil all that burd eneth find and filled with ft itu all it rightly desires after in the proper season and goodness of the lord to whose wise ordering andlen and tender mercy I 1 commit thee isaac penington