THE GLORY OF GOD is more important than your or my comfort. That is a statement with which all Christians will readily agree in theory. A Puritan prayer begins: Lord of all being, There is one thing that deserves my greatest care, that calls forth my ardent desires, That is, that I may answer the great end for which I am made— to glorify thee who hast given me being.…1 That is a fine and noble prayer. But it has awesome consequences from which we naturally
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