came of old from Bozra, treading down the people in his anger, and
making them dumb in his fury; and their blood is sprinkled on his
garments, and he hath stained all his raiment. For the day of
vengeance is in his heart, and the year of his redeemed is come. He
who ariseth terribly to shake the nations, has he time, has he will,
to turn aside to attend to such as thee?

He has time, and he has will. No human being so mean, no human
sorrow too petty, but what he has the time and the will, as well as
the power, to have mercy on it, because he is the Son of Man.
Therefore he will turn aside even to thee, whoever thou art, who art
weary and heavy laden, and canst find no rest for thy soul, at the
very moment, and in the very manner, which is best for thee. When
thou hast suffered long enough, he will stablish, strengthen, settle
thee. He will bind up thy wounds, and pour in the oil and the wine
of his spirit--the Holy Ghost, the Comforter; and will carry thee to
his own inn, whereof it is written, He shall hide thee secretly in
his own presence from the provoking of men; he shall keep thee in his
tabernacle from the strife of tongues. He will give his servants
charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways; and when he comes
again, he will repay them, and fetch thee away, to give thee rest in
that eternal bosom of the Father, from which thou, like all human
souls, camest forth at first, and to which thou shalt at last return,
with all human souls who have in them that spirit of humanity, which
is the spirit of God, and of Christ, and of eternal life.



SERMON XIV.--CONSIDER THE LILIES OF THE FIELD