in his soul precisely the results which his trials are adapted to accomplish. That ye may be perfect and entire. The meaning of this is explained in the following phrase—‘wanting nothing;’ that is, that there may be nothing lacking to complete your character. There may be the elements of a good character; there may be sound principles, but those principles may not be fully carried out so as to show what they are. Afflictions, perhaps more than any thing else, will do this, and we should therefore