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Amusements at the Institute
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could not keep that which is committed to His trust. You are afraid
some evil is designed which will do you harm unless you assume the
defensive and commence a warfare in your own favor. The children
of God are wise and powerful according to their reliance upon His
wisdom and power. They are strong and happy according to their
separation from the wisdom and help of man.
Daniel and his companions were captives in a strange land, but
God suffered not the envy and hatred of their enemies to prevail
against them. The righteous have ever obtained help from above.
How often have the enemies of God united their strength and wisdom
to destroy the character and influence of a few simple persons who
trusted in God. But because the Lord was for them, none could
prevail against them. Only let the followers of Christ be united, and
they will prevail. Let them be separated from their idols and from
the world, and the world will not separate them from God. Christ is
our present, all-sufficient Saviour. In Him all fullness dwells. It is
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the privilege of Christians to know indeed that Christ is in them of a
truth. “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.”
All things are possible to him that believeth; and whatsoever things
we desire when we pray, if we believe that we receive them we shall
have them. This faith will penetrate the darkest cloud and bring rays
of light and hope to the drooping, desponding soul. It is the absence
of this faith and trust which brings perplexity, distressing fears, and
surmisings of evil. God will do great things for His people when
they put their entire trust in Him. “Godliness with contentment is
great gain.” Pure and undefiled religion will be exemplified in the
life. Christ will prove a never-failing source of strength, a present
help in every time of trouble.
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