AFFLICTION AND GLORY
by A. W.
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"For our light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for us a far
more exceeding and eternal weight of glory"(2 CORINTHIANS 4:17).
These words supply us with a reason why we should not
faint under trials nor be overwhelmed by misfortunes. They teach us to look at the trials of time in
the light of eternity. They affirm that the present buffetings of the Christian exercise a
beneficent effect on the inner man. If these truths were firmly grasped by faith they would mitigate
much of the bitterness of our sorrows.
"For our light
affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory." This verse sets forth a striking and glorious antithesis, as it contrasts our future state
with our present. Here there is "affliction," there "glory." Here there is ........
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