Even in the darkest hour of trial and of peril, faith, like that of the first martyr Stephen, can see the heavens opened, and Jesus, the Son of man, standing on the right hand of God. And it is an equally blessed privilege, that not only in such an hour of peril and extremity, if such befall, but in far less trying moments, even of despondency, a child of God may take every care, and lay it at the feet of Jesus. If it be such as to cause sorrow, or anxiety, or apprehension to His child, it is enough; the Father feels for that child, and bids him come to Him. In all our afflictions He is afflicted, and, though absent—nay, because He is absent, and at the right hand of power—He will be found a very present help in every time of trouble.

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