PRESS ON

PRESS ON

I am glad that you are so full of work ... that you find so much to do at ————, and that the preaching prospers. It is very remarkable the way the Lord has strengthened your hands in the ministry at ————. The Lord is sure to encourage us as He sees fit; but we must not wait for encouragement, we must go on, press on. I find that it was easier to get Israel out of Egypt than to get them into Canaan. Each step in advance evokes more opposition then the previous step; but then God is more and more to us as we advance, and this is everything to the devoted heart. Though there be greater difficulty and opposition there is also more succour from God for the one who is pressing on. When the difficulty is more before the eye than the succour there is a refusing to advance, like the ten spies.

... I disapprove of attempting anything like a Brethren’s hymn book. It has always been a work of individual service.... We had very good meetings, thank the Lord, at ————.