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\ve do, we do not think that a moment because by the tightening of those strings we bring the instrument to the concert pitch, and that is the only way to do it. And so, my brethren, it is with affliction when properly re garded. It is God, tuning the instru ment of the soul which is the life of the individual to the concert pitch, to the place where it can make har monious music. 3. Life’s best lessors are hardest for us to learn. We find that the very best things God has to say to us are the things that we hesitate to hear most. And we find that the very best things that God has to do for us are the things that we hesitate to let him do most. I can look back over my life a»d see how, in a hundred instances that has been true. Sorrow and sickness, poverty and death, ‘ All God’s angels come to us disguised, One after another lift their frown’ng masks, And we behold the seraph’s face be neath, All radiant with the glory and the calm, Os having looked upon the face of God.” 4. Pharoah’s decree for extermina tion becomes God’s means of salva tion. You see how that works out! Old Pharoah in his wickedness decreed that all the male children of these poor Israelites should be cast in the river; thrown into the stream; that was Phar oah s decree. God seized upon it and said, “That decree shall be made the means of praise to my name, and the salvation of my neople.” And he takes Moses through this peculiar, myste rious road, and brings him out to the (•gi so and glory of h : s na n*. 5. Glitter or gloom; royalty or rags, often becomes the tests which God uses to bring men to the place of high est service. 6. The richest flowers, and sweet est perfume come through the dark est night. 7. The brightest lily is rooted in the blackest mud. EXTRAORDINARY VALUE! 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