PATIENCE
Do all things without murmurings. Phil. 2.14.
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We may all have in our natural dispositions a tendency to repine, to grumble, to bemoan afflictions which come to us, even in the service of the Truth; but as we become more and more developed in the heavenly character the Lord will surely expect of us that we shall gradually attain more and more to that standard which he sets for us; in which the trials and difficulties of the present will be more than offset, more than over-balanced by his gracious promises, and by the witness of his Spirit, that all these things are working together for good to us,—working out for us the greater glory by preparing us therefor. Z. ’02-40.