solace ourselves with this reflection—in that he himself hath suffered, being tried of God, he is able also to succour them that are likewise tried. But, dear friends, our God not only tries us directly but indirectly. All is under the Lord’s control of Providence; everything that happeneth to us is meted out by the decree and settled by his purpose. We know that nothing can occur to us save as it is written in the secret roll of providential predestination; consequently all the trials resulting