JUNE 1ST, 1903

JUNE 1ST, 1903

A.B.  

It appears to me far too late in the day to be occupied with the failure of the church, however sensible we may be of it. I can understand a prophet like Jeremiah lamenting the condition of Israel, about to be set aside for thousands of years; but the case of the church is different, whatever is here of the Spirit of God can never fail, and if it comes to its termination here, it is only that it may come out with the glory of God, and her light like to a stone most precious. I think that the Lord has drawn attention to the vast system of blessing and glory that He has centred in Christ, and it will be a sad thing if this be lost sight of. I cannot report much about myself, things remain much the same, and there is no sensible progress in one direction or another. There is at present no abatement of the grave symptoms. All is in the Lord’s hands and man appears to be able to do but little. I get out of doors a little but am very deficient in strength.