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96 TIlF. f;PRISfl.TlME OF Un:..
vine s..'\h"ation, the shackles were too strong for
him to break asunuer. Jjttle (Ioes nny one
know, w ha hM not made the trial, how tenn.~
cious are the cords ~pun and twisteu by infi.
l...ldit..r. Kothing f;hort of the all.collqucriug
grace of God can bring sucb a mall to the
knowledge and acknowledgment of the trlLth.
Again, infidelity aflords no sure support. in
the day of trial. Skeptics,:LS a class, are gen.
~~rallJ unhappy men, uneasy in them:;:elves
und di!'3&1tisficd with everything around them.
They net like pCT::iOllS treauing on yielding and
dneertain ground, ullable to bear their weight.
What indeed can there be to cheer the henrt
•.aul urighten the prospect... of one who h3S no
-Sible to rely upon, no God to go to, and no
~:b.viour to trust in ? If he can manage to 00
ga.y and volatile in the scaSOll of prosperity, it
!~f.'lrotherwise when health fail~, and property
G.isappear:), awl friends die; then it is that we
~e the sa(lness of s11ch as have no hope, and
[lr0 "ithout God in the ,'Vorld.
\\"'ell ma)' the Christian say, II their rock i~
not as our rock l our enemies themselves being
judges," You have lleverheard oran humble