. The Southern Baptist pulpit . e is faithful Nor trusted him in find this doctrii i In his word. He evealed him I inse faith- s is an essentia] part i tacter, and his people must know that he is faithful in order thatthey may trust him. He is not like th of the heathen, capricious and untrustworthy, but is thesame yesterday and to-day and It is ini- While v pt this doctrine as most reasonable and true, we do not alwa :e that it is tmc for us. He is our God. \V ndine on him for daily grace. I [e h is m it and ous promises to us. Will he do for us aD thhas promised in his woi - Can we,
. The Southern Baptist pulpit . e is faithful Nor trusted him in find this doctrii i In his word. He evealed him I inse faith- s is an essentia] part i tacter, and his people must know that he is faithful in order thatthey may trust him. He is not like th of the heathen, capricious and untrustworthy, but is thesame yesterday and to-day and It is ini- While v pt this doctrine as most reasonable and true, we do not alwa :e that it is tmc for us. He is our God. \V ndine on him for daily grace. I [e h is m it and ous promises to us. Will he do for us aD thhas promised in his woi - Can we, in our daily trials, lean with sweet assurance on his word andknow that it is as linn as the everlasting hills?theory is good, but | 1 knowledge is betl It is not always easy to believe that God is faithful. Sometimes we arc inclined to charge him with folly. Our faith is sorely tried; our bedimmed with and we cannot see our Lord ; our cars arc dis- 1 EYeached in \ ., D. C, during the Jubilee Session of the Southern i [ohn Prii ras born in Scotland County, M I [e wa I in |»ii :n. La < .!!• Southern I Seminar). and I Wa pastor of the lisville, I. and of the Third Baptist Church, SiPresident of Willi im Jewel l havingahead) been honored with the He is .1 man of broad scholarship, and 1- held in high 1 b) hi^ brethren. THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD 325 traded with the noises of the world, and we cannothear bis word. He has spoken to us. He is not farfrom ns. Yes, 3 es ; but we are confused ; we Stag-ger; we fill. This is not what we expected. Wely disappointed. How can we harmonize thiswith the word of promise? Hitter disappointmentsfor the time obscure the faithfulness of God. But we must believe that he IS true. Our verysouls depend on his faithfulness. What shall we doif he fail us? To whom shall we go? In whomshall we trust? He has the w ternal life. If he is unfaithful, then there is no Cod. He thatconies to God must believe that he is, and that hthe rewardei of th
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