Thursday, September 1, 2016

Why the Sky has no visible Column to uphold it

On mine arm shall they trust.
  Isaiah 51:5
"In seasons of severe trial,
the Christian has nothing on earth that he can trust to,
and is therefore compelled to cast himself on his God alone.
 
Happy storm that wrecks a man on such a rock as this!
 
O blessed hurricane that drives the soul to God and God alone! 

 Oh, tempest-tossed believer,
it is a happy trouble that drives thee to thy Father!
 
Dishonour not thy Lord and Master by unworthy doubts and fears;
The grandeur of the arch of heaven would be spoiled if the sky were supported by a single visible column, and your faith would lose its glory if it rested on anything discernible by the carnal eye."
Charles Spurgeon