We need trials as a test as much as we need divine truth as our food. His was a grand life-work, but He never seemed to be confused, excited, worried, or hurried, as certain of His people are. Get a firm confidence in God and you need not inquire what is going to happen; all must be well with you. Sanctified trouble has a great tendency to breed sympathy, and sympathy is to the church as oil to machinery. A father will not stand by to see his child abused, and the Great Father above is as tender