Our Creature Comforts

If God And His Grace Do Not Rule Us, Sin And Satan Will Have Possession Of Us.

See What A Hidden Life The Life Of A Good Christian Is, And How Much It Is Concealed From The Eye And Observation Of The World. The Most Important Part Of The Business Lies Between God And Our Own Souls, In The Frame Of Our Spirits And The Working Of Our Hearts, In Our Actions That No Eye Sees Except The All-seeing God. Justly Are The Saints Called God's Hidden Ones, And His Secret Is Said To Be With Them. They Have Meat To Eat And Work To Do That The World Does Not Know Of, As Well As Joys, Griefs, And Cares That A Stranger Does Not Share.

Prayer Is A Salve For Every Sore, A Remedy For Every Malady; And When We Are Afflicted With Thorns In The Flesh, We Should Give Ourselves To Prayer. If An Answer Be Not Given To The First Prayer, Nor To The Second, We Are To Continue Praying. Troubles Are Sent To Teach Us To Pray; And Are Continued, To Teach Us To Continue Instant In Prayer.

If Therefore Our Houses Be Houses Of The Lord, We Shall For That Reason Love Home, Reckoning Our Daily Devotion The Sweetest Of Our Daily Delights, And Our Family Worship The Most Valuable Of Our Family Comforts. This Will Sanctify To Us All The Conveniences Of Our Houses, And Reconcile Us To The Inconveniences Of It.

The Joy Of The Lord Will Arm Us Against The Assaults Of Our Spiritual Enemies, And, Put Our Mouths Out Of Taste For Those Pleasures With Which The Tempter Baits His Hooks.