Rally upon the reserve! / by John F.W. Ware.

  • Ware, John F. W. (John Fothergill Waterhouse), 1818-1881.
Date:
1864
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Rally upon the reserve! / by John F.W. Ware. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In the great life-battle we all must wage, it be- comes us never to overlook the fact of probable dis- aster, however brave and self-assured we may be, if we have not a near, sufficient reserve in God. Make him as your “ next of kin,” — the Friend be- fore all friends, to whom you not only may go, hut do go for light and strength and guidance always. Then in the crisis hours, — the moments when the powers of ill all seem mustered, the moments which decide the weal or woe of years, the good or the bad of all time, the joy or misery of Eternity, — you will have no fear, no anxious searching, no painful wait- ing or doubt, but God with you and in you, the power beyond all powers, the reserve to insure you victory. “ My God with me in every place! Firmly does the promise stand, On land or sea, with present grace Still to aid us near at hand. If you ask, ‘ Who is with thee ? ’ God is here, —my God with me I “ My God for me 1 I dare to say, — God the portion of my soul! Nor need I tremble in dismay When around mo troubles roll. If yon ask,1 What comforts thee ? ’ It is this, — God is for me. “In life, in death, with God so near, Every battle I shall win, Shall boldly press through danger here, Triumph over every sin 1 ‘ What 1 ’ yon say, ‘ a victor be? ’ No, not I, but God in me I ”