"The LORD Is A Shelter For The Oppressed, A Refuge In Times Of Trouble."

Weary mariner on life's tempestuous ocean 

(David Harsha, 1827-1895)

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"My child, don't ignore it when the LORD 

disciplines you, and don't be discouraged 

when HE corrects you. For the LORD corrects 

those HE loves, just as a father corrects 

a child in whom he delights." 

Proverbs 3:11-12

To the children of GOD, 

afflictions are sent in mercy.

They are directed by love.

They are designed . . .
  to unite us more closely to the SAVIOR,
  to mortify indwelling sin,
  to purify our hearts,
  to wean us from earth,
  to elevate our affections to that 

blessed world where there shall be 

no more pain.

Every breeze of earthly sorrow is 

only wafting us to those high and 

heavenly abodes, where temporal 

ills are forever unknown.

"The LORD is a shelter for the oppressed, 

a refuge in times of trouble." Psalm 9:9

Oh, then, when ready to sink under 

the accumulated ills of life, let us come 

to the SAVIOR in the time of trouble. 

Our help is from HIM.

HE is our defense.

HE will not allow our foot to be moved.

HE will keep our souls in safety.

HIS eye will ever watch over us.

HE will preserve us from all evil.

"For YOU are my hiding place;
 YOU protect me from trouble.
 YOU surround me with songs 

of victory." Psalm 32:7

Weary mariner on life's tempestuous 

ocean, when afflictions cloud your sky 

and billows roar around you--

cling to the SAVIOR in grateful, 

confiding love. 

Amid all your difficulties and dangers, 

HE will whisper consolation to you, and 

support your fainting soul with the richest 

consolation and the choicest promises.

 You will then be enabled to bear the trials 

of life with composure, knowing that, like 

the CAPTAIN of our salvation, you must also 

be made perfect through suffering; and that 

these light and momentary afflictions are 

working for you a far more exceeding 

and eternal weight of glory!

You will then experience the sweetness 

of the divine promises, and in the midst 

of outward trouble, enjoy inward peace.

"Though I walk in the midst of trouble, 

YOU preserve my life!" Psalm 138:7

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