m, might, on His account, be reckoned
righteous by God. Ponder these things, dear Reader, should you have
never done so before. Through faith in the Lord Jesus alone can we
obtain forgiveness of our sins, and be at peace with God; but, believing
in Jesus, we become, through this very faith, the children of God; have
God as our Father, and may come to Him for all the temporal and
spiritual blessings which we need. Thus every one of my readers may
obtain answers to prayers, not only to the same extent that we obtain
them, but far more abundantly. It may be that few, comparatively, of the
children of God are called to serve the Lord in the way of establishing
Orphan-Houses, &c.; but all of them may, yea, are called upon to trust
in God, to rely upon Him, in their various positions and circumstances,
and apply the word of God, faith, and prayer to their family
circumstances, their earthly occupation, their afflictions and
necessities of every kind, both temporally and spiritually; just as we,
by God's help, in some little measure seek to apply the word of God,
faith, and prayer to the various objects of the Scriptural Knowledge
Institution for Home and Abroad. Make but trial of it, if you have never
done so before, and you will see how happy a life it is. You may,
perhaps, pity the writer, and think how he must be burdened day by day,
and full of care and anxiety; and you may think that he cannot have any
quietness and peace, but is worn down by the constant questionings, how
the expenses for the various schools are to be met; how further money is
to be obtained for the circulation of the Holy Scriptures and Tracts;
how the many preachers of the Gospel at Home and Abroad, who are
assisted by the Institution, may once more be helped; how the 300
Orphans are to be provided with all they need; how situations for the
elder female Orphans are to be found; how suitable places may be
obtained for the elder male Orphans when they are ready to be
apprenticed, and so on. Now here is just the true state of the case:--
We are not insensible to any of these points; we do feel them. We do not
put them away lightly and treat them with indifference; but we look them
in the face and feel their deep importance. At the same time, while we
neither treat them with indifference, nor attempt to carry them in our
own strength, we do, by God's grace, cast our burdens upon Him, trust
in Him; and thus are kept in peace in the midst of numberless
diffi