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time of gloom and darkness. A few rays of light occasionally parted
the heavy clouds, giving us a little hope, or we should have sunk in
despair. It seemed at times that God had forsaken us.
The Messenger party framed all manner of falsehoods concerning
us. These words of the psalmist were often brought forcibly to my
mind: “Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious
against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like
the grass, and wither as the green herb.” Some of the writers of that
sheet even triumphed over the feebleness of my husband, saying that
God would take care of him, and remove him out of the way. When he
read this as he lay sick, faith revived, and he exclaimed: “I shall not
die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord, and may yet preach at
their funeral.”
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The darkest clouds seemed to shut down over us. Wicked men
professing godliness, under the command of Satan were hurried on to
forge falsehoods, and to bring the strength of their forces against us. If
the cause of God had been ours alone, we might have trembled; but
it was in the hands of Him who could say: “No one is able to pluck
it out of My hands.” We knew that Jesus lived and reigned. We could
say before the Lord: The cause is Thine, and Thou knowest that it has
not been our own choice, but by Thy command, that we have acted the
part we have in it.
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