ee only Matthias (Acts i, 26). When
Paul had to depart asunder from Barnabas God sent him Silas, the
fellow-singer in the dungeon, and Timothy, who was dearer to him than
any other man.

We may expect opposition to be diminished or thwarted. Let Hezekiah
spread every letter of Rab-shakeh before the Lord and pray (2 Kings
xix, 14). The answer will be, "I have heard" (v. 20). Let the answer
to every slander that Gashmu repeateth among the heathen be, "O Lord,
strengthen my hands" (Neh. vi, 9); "My God, think thou upon Tobiah and
Sanballat according to these their works" (v. 14). Then all the
heathen and enemies will "perceive that this work was wrought of our
God" (v. l6). "When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his
enemies to be at peace with him." The purpose of the manifestation of
the Son of God was "that he might destroy the works of the devil" (1
John iii, 8).

Lastly, we may expect actual help. These plans are all dear to God.
He wishes them all accomplished. They have been wisely made.
Opposition has been diminished. It only remains that our hearts be
open to guidance and strengthening. Moses was sure I AM had sent him.
Elijah had the very words to be uttered to Ahab put into his mouth.
Nehemiah told the people that for building a city "the joy of the Lord
is your strength." God strengthened the right hand of Cyrus. The
three Hebrew children and Daniel knew that God was able to deliver them
from fire and lions. "Delight thyself also in the Lord, and he shall
give thee the desires of thy heart." And the great promise of the Lord
to be with his disciples to the end is not so much a promise for
comfort as for the accomplishment of their mission. Paul said, "I can
do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." And all great
doers for God, in all ages, have gladly testified that they have been
girded for their work by the Almighty.

The designed outcome of this paper is that every reader should get a
fresh revelation of the immanency of God in the kingdom of nature and
grace; that the reader is more intimately related to him and his plans
than is gravitation; that there are laws as imperative, exact, and sure
to yield results in the mental and spiritual realms as in the material;
that he is a part of God's agencies, and that all of God's forces are a
part of his; that he may sing with new meaning,

"We for whose sakes all nature stands
And stars their courses move;"

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