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strength, and our neighbor as ourselves, we shall be found loyal and
true to the requirements of Heaven.
We are now in God’s workshop. Many of us are rough stones from
the quarry. But as the truth of God is brought to bear upon us, every
imperfection is removed, and we are prepared to shine as lively stones
in the heavenly temple, where we shall be brought into association,
not only with the holy angels, but with the King of heaven himself.
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The consciousness of right-doing is the best medicine for dis-
eased bodies and minds. The special blessing of God resting upon the
receiver is health and strength. A person whose mind is quiet and sat-
isfied in God, is in the pathway to health. To have a consciousness that
the eyes of the Lord are upon us, that his ears are open to our prayers,
is a satisfaction indeed. To know that we have a never-failing Friend
to whom we can confide all the secrets of the soul, is a privilege which
words can never express. Those whose moral faculties are beclouded
by disease are not the ones rightly to represent the Christian life or the
beauties of holiness. They are too often in the fire of fanaticism, or the
water of cold indifference or stolid gloom. The words of Christ are
of more worth than the opinions of all the physicians in the universe:
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these
things shall be added unto you.” [
Matthew 6:33
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