the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Golden Treasury
Behold I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. Hosea 2:14. Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. Song of Solomon 7:11.
O Lord, the world is nothing to me but a wilderness, a place of tribulation, where, being daily tossed to and fro, I enjoy no rest. Whenever I lifted up my heart, and looked for peace in thee by prayers, thou hast always spoke comfortable things to me, and even carried me safe through all outward distresses. Grant, that by this I may be strengthened for the time to come, when I am at a loss again what course to take. Let me always firmly believe thee to be a present help in all things, who art willing and able to carry me furthermore, through ever so many and great troubles and oppositions, till I shall be safely arrived at the ports of heaven.
Lord, what a wretched land is this,
That yields us no supply?
No cheering fruits, no wholesome trees,
Nor streams of living joy.
But pricking thorns through all the ground,
And mortal poisons grow.
And all the rivers that are found,
With dangerous waters flow.
Yet the dear path to thine abode
Lies through this horrid land:
Lord, we would keep the heavenly road,
And run at thy command.
Our souls shall tread the desert through,
With undiverted feet,
And faith and flaming zeal subdue
The terrors that we meet.
