We are living in stern and perilous days. There is much cause for pessimism. Age-long systems are crumpling, hoary institutions are in decay, organized religion appears to he breaking up, lawlessness abounds, much that is vicious and sensual has settled down upon certain sections Of modern society. It is not_surprising that men's hearts begin to I them for fear. Well may we ask, "If the foundations be destroyed, what shall the righteous do?"
But the foundations are not destroyed. God has chosen a stone that sure. He has laid the foundation, and other foundation can no man lay than that is laid which is Jesus Christ. He is the exalted stone of the corner, and believers built into
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