Difficulties I have no doubt you will find; there are a certain class which are only in the path of faith, but the joy of the Lord is with us in them. In the last days, too, perilous times shall come, we read, and that we must experience, but the light and strength of the Lord is there. What a bright picture we have in Luke 2 of the poor and unknown remnant who walked with God in the midst of the unparalleled wickedness of Israel! 225