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1 " Faith is a thread Slender and frail, Easy to tear; Yet it can lift The weight of a soul Up from despair. MATTHEW BILLER "
― Mrs. Charles E. Cowman , Streams in the Desert Morning and Evening: 365 Devotions
2 " Two men were confessing to each other the causes of their failure in the ministry. “I let my hand slip out of God’s hand,” said one. The other said, “My soul-life raveled at the point where I ceased to pray, because there were things in my life I could not speak to God about.” Prayer is a handclasp with God. Take time for prayer if you have to take it by violence. Take time to behold Him! "
3 " God laid upon my back a grievous load, A heavy cross to bear along the road. I staggered on, and lo! one weary day, An angry lion sprang across my way. I prayed to God, and swift at His command The cross became a weapon in my hand. It slew my raging enemy, and then Became a cross upon my back again. I reached a desert. O’er the burning track I persevered, the cross upon my back. No shade was there, and in the cruel sun I sank at last, and thought my days were done. But lo! the Lord works many a blest surprise— The cross became a tree before my eyes! I slept; I woke, to feel the strength of ten. I found the cross upon my back again. And thus through all my days from then to this, The cross, my burden, has become my bliss. Nor ever shall I lay the burden down, For God someday will make the cross a crown! AMOS R. WELLS "
