But the strain is great, we need all the help we can get; and most certainly it does help to meet together if only for an hour or so Sunday by Sunday. There definitely is a spirit in public worship which gives Us more faith, more courage. Now, if ever, we need faith and courage. Now, as perhaps never before, should all places of worship be crowded to the doors. Alas! they are not. "Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?" Do you remember how Jesus had a kindly word for the tearful women who saw Him going to His death? I think that is so splendid. He was never engrossed in His own sorrows. On the Cross, even, there was the venient thief and there was His mother to think of.
We cannot pretend to fathom the ways of God: let us frankly say we do not understand. But merely because we do not understand is no valid reason for doubting Him. A child does not lose faith in his father merely because he does not understand all his father does. Failure to
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