S U N D A Y   S N I P P E T S (tm) # 3 8                13 Aug 1995

                 On Promises in Adversity by Wm. Gurnall

"Let this encourage those of you who belong to Christ: the storm may be 
tempestuous, but it is only temporary.  The clouds that are temporarily 
rolling over your head will pass, and then you will have fair weather,
an eternal sunshine of glory.  Can you not watch with Christ for one hour?

"Bid faith look through the keyhole of promise and see what God has laid up
for those who love Him.  You serve a God who keeps covenant forever.  Having
already bathed in the fountain of His tender mercies, how can you stand 
on this side of eternity, afraid to wet your feet with those short-lived
sufferings which, like a little splash of water, run between you and glory?"

                        - from "The Christian in Complete Armor", by
                          William Gurnall, 1665 in England.
                          Reprinted by the Banner of Truth Trust, 1989

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