Are we in sorrow? Is the poor heart bereaved, crushed and desolate? What can soothe and comfort us like the balmy words which the Holy Spirit has penned for us? One sentence of Holy Scripture can do more, in the way of comfort and consolation, than all the letters of condolence that ever were penned by human hand. Are we discouraged, faint-hearted and cast down? The Word of God meets us with its bright and soul-stirring assurances. Are we pressed by pinching poverty? The Holy Spirit brings home to our hearts Him who is “the Possessor of heaven and earth” and who, in His infinite grace, has pledged Himself to “supply all your need according to His riches in glory, by Christ Jesus.” Are we perplexed and harassed by the conflicting opinions of men? A few sentences of Holy Scripture will pour in a flood of divine light upon the heart and conscience and will set us at perfect rest, answering every question, solving every difficulty, removing every doubt, chasing away every cloud, giving us to know the mind of God, putting an end to conflicting opinions by the one divinely competent authority. What a precious treasure we possess in the Word of God!
C. H. Mackintosh