the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Golden Treasury
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with thy free spirit, Psalms 51:12. Divine answer. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you. Then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and your heart shall rejoice. Isaiah 66:13; Isaiah 66:24. For my words do good to him that walks uprightly Micah 2:7,
Comfort belongs to such as really pant after it, and God is more desirous they should confidently rely upon his salvation in all things, suck the comforts of his promises, and be strong, than a tender mother can be desirous that her child should suck her full breasts. And where else should strength come from?
O sinner, come and taste his love
Come, learn his pleasant ways,
And let your own experience prove
The sweetness of his grace.
Go tell him all your secret grief *
Your groanings reach his ears;
He gives your inward pains relief,
And calms your greatest fears.
O love the Lord, ye saints of his,
His eye regards the just;
How richly blest their portion is
Who make the Lord their trust!
*A Christian sometimes must open and pour out his heart in secret before the Lord alone, for fear of hurting himself and others. This liberty must be allowed. Too close unitings often cause distress, hypocrisy, and divisions.
