Give me faith to take courage, in the midst of apparent discouragements, to confide in Thy promise, even when all things seem to be against me. I know, O Lord, that Thy word can never return unto Thee void, and that none of Thy promises shall fail, and that to every specific duty a promise is annexed. What should I fear, disappointments, confusion of face? It cannot be that Thou, who art holy, just, and good, shouldst set Thy servants upon a work, and that on the faith of Thy specific promises, and then abandon them to the ridicule and scoffs of an ungodly world. Ah, no, Lord it cannot be: if ever I meet with shame and confusion of face in any work which Thou hast ordained, it will not be because of the failure of Thy promise, but the failure of my faith.

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