"WITH CHRIST AN ENDLESS HOPE; WITHOUT CHRIST A HOPELESS END." The promises of God in Christ our Lord raise the expectation of His people and His providence tries it; what the promises have engaged to give, providence seems slow to bestow. But God is faithful. We may expect the Lord to appear for us in every trouble if our faith is fixed on His word and prayer is daily sent up to His throne. We may expect to be supported under all our trials and to be supplied with all necessary good, if we make God our portion and seek only to glorify Him. We may expect to be pardoned, justified, and saved, if we believe with the heart, confess with the mouth the Lord our Saviour, and walk according to our profession. God knows our expectations, Jesus pleads that they may be realized; and nothing shall be able to turn away the bountiful hand of our God. He will regard the cry of the destitute and will not despise their prayer. Our fears may be strong and our doubts may be many; but our security is in the character, the word and work of our God and Saviour. He will not fail us nor forsake us, until He has done all that He has spoken.

For Meditation:
Soon the delightful day will come,
When my dear Lord will take me home,
And I shall see His face;
Then, with my Saviour, Master, Friend,
A blest eternity I'll spend,
Triumphant in His grace.