Be Of Good Cheer, Jesus Christ Maketh

The Covetous Man Feareth Not God. This Also Is Plain From The Word Because It Setteth Covetousness And The Fear Of God In Direct Opposition. Men That Fear God Are Said To Hate Covetousness, Exod. Xviii. 21. Besides The Covetous Man Is Called An Idolater And Is Said To Have No Part In The Kingdom Of Christ And Of God, Col. Iii. 5. And Again; 'the Wicked Boasteth Of His Heart's Desire And Blesseth The Covetous Whom The Lord Abhorreth,' Psa. X. 3.

God Speaks Once, Yea Twice, Yet Man Perceiveth It Not, In A Dream, In A Vision Of The Night, When Deep Sleep Falleth Upon Men, In Slumbering Upon The Bed. We Need Not, When Abed, To Lie Awake To Talk With God, He Can Visit Us While We Sleep, And Cause Us Then To Hear His Voice. Our Heart Oft-times Wakes When We Sleep, And God Can Speak To That, Either By Words, By Proverbs, By Signs And Similitudes, As Well As If One Was Awake

I Have Given Him My Faith, And Sworn My Allegiance To Him; How, Then, Can I Go Back From This, And Not Be Hanged As A Traitor?

Grace Can Pardon Our Ungodliness And Justify Us With Christ's Righteousness; It Can Put The Spirit Of Jesus Christ Within Us; It Can Help Us When We Are Down; It Can Heal Us When We Are Wounded; It Can Multiply Pardons, As We Through Frailty Multiply Transgressions.

The Swamp Of Despond Is That Place Set Before The Narrow Gate Where True And False Pilgrims Alike Are Assaulted By Their Own Internal Corruption And Pollution. The Dirt And Scum That Has Attached Itself To Our Hearts And Minds Is Agitated And Revealed By Both The Workings Of A Guilty Conscience And The Devouring Avarice Of The Enemy Of Our Souls.the