This world is going right and not wrong, in spite of all appearances
to the contrary; for Christ the Lord is King. He sitteth between
the cherubim, be the earth never so unquiet. He is too strong and
too loving to let the world go any way but the right. Parts of it
will often go wrong here, and go wrong there. The sin and ignorance
of men will disturb his order, and rebel against his laws; and
strange and mad things, terrible and pitiable things will happen, as
they have happened ever since the day when the first man disobeyed
the commandment of the Lord. But man cannot conquer the Lord; the
Lord will conquer man. He will teach men by their neighbours' sins.
He will teach them by their own sins. He will chastise them by sore
judgments. He will make fearful examples of wilful and conceited
sinners; and those who seem to escape him in this life, shall not
escape him in the life to come. But he is trying for ever every
man's work by fire; and against that fire no lie will stand. He
will burn up the stubble and chaff, and leave only the pure wheat
for the use of future generations. His purpose will stand.
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