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If we suffer, we shall also reign with him. 2 Timothy 2:12. Love endureth all things. 1 Corinthians 13:7. Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. Psalms 34:19. Take the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. James 5:10.

The Christian is appointed to suffer afflictions in this world (1 Thessalonians 3:3), as eternal joy is appointed for him in the life to come. "Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy" (1 Peter 4:12-13). He who drinks from the cup of affliction, shall drink of the wine of joy hereafter. To him who gets a true conception of the joy and glory which are prepared for believing cross-bearers, and who never loses sight thereof, the burdens of the present afflictions, though heavy as lead, will hardly seem as a grain of sand compared with the towering mountains of divine joy. He is ashamed to dread a grain of sand, and not to be able to overcome such an insignificant thing; he joins in the song of the apostles (2 Corinthians 4:17-18), and even glories in tribulation, because "tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope; and hope maketh not ashamed" (Romans 5:3-5).

To Thee I tell each rising grief,

For Thou alone canst heal;

Thy Word can bring a sweet relief

For every pain I feel.

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