July 29

Results through suffering

“He laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren” (1 John 3:16).
“Neither will I offer . . . unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing” (2 Sam. 24:24).

I have observed during all those years of evangelistic labor, that invariably when I have enjoyed most blessing in the work, I have suffered the greatest hardships; and, on the other hand, when I have been dined, and feasted, and carried shoulder high, there has been little good done.
—Duncan Matheson

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