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sympathy and love. Now is the time to commit the keeping of the soul
to God as unto a faithful Creator. What a blessed hope we have—a
hope that grows stronger and stronger as trials and afflictions increase.
Now show your trust in One who has given His life for you.
Thank God, Mary, the light afflictions which are but for a moment,
work for you a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. You
know in whom you have believed and are persuaded that He is able to
keep that which you have committed unto Him against that day. The
trials may be severe, but look to Jesus every moment—not to struggle,
but to rest in His love. He careth for you.
We know that as trials press closer and closer, the hope grows
stronger. The beams of the Sun of Righteousness shall shine into
your heart with their healing power. Look beyond the clouds to the
brightness, even the light of the Sun of Righteousness. Thank God
that in the tempest of trial the anchor holds. We have an ever-living,
ever-prevailing Intercessor, who is pleading our individual cases before
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the Father. The joys of an eternal reward have been purchased at an
infinite cost.
May the Lord comfort and strengthen and bless you is my daily
prayer. Oh, when we see the King in His beauty, what a day of gladness
that will be. We will rest in the rich promises of God. He will never
fail us, but be to us a present help in every time of need.—
Letter 77,
1890
.
Battle Creek, Michigan
June 16, 1890
Dear Willie,
I am anxious for you all, especially for dear Mary. I pray for her
daily and I say nightly, I know the Lord keeps her in the hollow of
His hand. Mary now can say in all confidence, “I know whom I have
believed, and am persuaded that He is able to keep that which I have
committed unto Him against that day” (
2 Timothy 1:12
).
I have no doubts, no unbelief in the case of Mary. She is the
beloved of the Lord. “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of
His saints” (
Psalm 116:15
). Mary can say with Paul, “I have fought a
good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth
there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto
all them also that love His appearing” (
2 Timothy 4:7, 8
).