ESTHER

Do not judge providence in little pieces, it is a grand mosaic, and
must be seen as a whole. Say not of any one hour "This is dark," it may
be so, but that darkness will minister to the light, even as the ebony
gloom of midnight makes the stars appear the more effulgent. Trust in
the Lord forever, for in the Lord Jehovah there is everlasting strength.
His wisdom will undermine the mines of cunning, His skill will overtop
the climbings of craft; "He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and
the counsel of the froward is carried headlong."
God in His providence tries His people. God tried Mordecai; he was a
quiet old man, I have no doubt, and it must have been a daily trial to
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