It is the work of the angels to come close to the tribe, the suffering, the tempted. They labor untiringly in behalf of those for whom Christ died.

God will bring his people near by close testing trials, showing them their weakness and inability, teaching them to lean upon him as their only help.

We have a Savior to whom to go, into whose pitying ear we may pour every complaint. We may leave all our cares and burdens with him, and then our labor will not seem hard or our trials severe.

Even after the saints are sealed with the seal of the living god, his elect will have trials individually. Personal afflictions will come; but the furnace is closely watched by an eye that will not suffer the gold to be consumed.

God is the refiner and purifier of souls; In The heat of The furnace the dross is separated forever from the true silver and gold of the Christian character. Jesus watches the test.

When tribulation comes upon us, how many of us are like Jacob! We think it the hand of an enemy; and in the darkness we wrestle blindly until our strength is spent, and we find no comfort or deliverance.

God wishes us to have the mastery over ourselves. But he cannot help us without our consent and cooperation. The Divine Spirit works through the powers and faculties given to man.

There are no barriers which man or Satan can erect but that faith can penetrate. The blessings of salvation are for every soul. Christ desires us to trust in him. Nothing but his own choice can prevent any man from becoming a partaker of the promise in Christ by the gospel.

Soon I heard the voice of God, which shook the heavens and the Earth. I looked upon the company, who a short time before, we're in such distress and bondage. Their captivity was turned. A glorious light shown upon them. All marks of care and worry was gone.

The Savior longs to manifest his grace and stamp his character on the whole world. It is his purchase possession, he desires to make men free, and pure, and holy.