typical of suffering, and then a lamp, emblem of deliverance. So it is in the history of individuals, cities, and nations. First the awful furnace, then the cheerful lamp. The furnace of conviction, the lamp of pardon. The furnace of trial, the lamp of consolation. The furnace of want, the lamp of prosperity. The furnace of death, the lamp of glory. TALMAGE. GEN. 16:13. Thou God seest me. When no eye seeth you except the eye of God, when darkness covers you, when you are shut up from the observation
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