men, instigated by the devil, with intention to bring good out of the
evil, but He does not, He cannot approve of it. He has no need to
approve of it, even on account of the good which He will bring out of
it, for He could have brought about that very good in some other way.

God is never straitened; He is never at a loss for means to work. Could
He not have made this a great and wealthy nation without making its
riches to consist in our blood, bones, and souls? And could He not also
have given the gospel to us without making us slaves?

My friends, let us then, in our afflictions, embrace and hold fast the
gospel. The gospel is the fulness of God. We have the glorious and total
weight of God's moral character in our side of the scale.

The wonderful purple stream which flowed for the healing of the nations,
has a branch for us. Nay, is Christ divided? "The grace of God that
bringeth salvation hath appeared to (for) all men, teaching us that
denying ungodliness and worldly lust, we should live soberly,
righteously, and godly in this present world, looking for that blessed
hope and glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus
Christ, who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all
iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good
works."--Titus ii. 11-14.

But you say you have not the privilege of hearing of this gospel of
which I speak. I know it; and this is my great grief. But you shall have
it; I will send it to you by my humble prayer; I can do it; I will beg
our heavenly Father, and he will preach this gospel to you in his holy
providence.