seen are more real to us as the real things, the things
unseen. What a joy it ought to be to our hearts to follow Him now,
to learn over and over again that He is the same, who changeth not,
to find His power and strength as of old manifested in behalf of His
beloved people.

Be of Good Cheer.

"BE of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid" (Matthew xiv:27).

"Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God believe also in
Me. In my father's house are many mansions; if it were not so I
would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go to
prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto
myself; that where I am, there ye may be also" (John xiv:1-3).

"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world
giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let
it be afraid" (John xiv:27).

"In the world ye shall have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I
have overcome the world" (John xvi:33).

"Father, I will that they also whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me
where I am" (John xvii:24).

"Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the age" (Matthew
xxviii:20).

"He hath said I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee" (Hebrews
xiii:5).

"Fear not, I am the first and the last; I am He that liveth and was
dead and behold I am alive forevermore, amen; and I have the keys of
hades and of death" (Rev. i:17, 18).

"Behold I come quickly; hold that fast which thou hast, that no man
take thy crown" (Rev. iii:11).

"Surely I come quickly. Amen" (Rev. xxii.20).

These precious words of comfort and cheer came from His loving heart
and lips. May we take hold of them. How well it is to remember His
words and Himself. How worthy He is; the mighty, the loving, the
adorable Lord! How He loveth us His own, how He careth for us, is
mindful of us and carrieth us, no heart can fully understand, no pen
describe. How He came from heaven's glory long ago, how He the One,
who was rich, became poor for our sakes and died on the cross, that
we might share eternal riches and glory with Him, is the old story,
which never grows old. It is as fresh and new to the believing heart
as it ever has been. And He who bought us with His own blood, loveth
and carrieth us His poor, weak and sinning people with such love and
infinite patience. The past years of our Christian lives, so all of
us must confess, have been filled with many failures. But as we come
to Him with our failures