"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

"The L ORD hath laid on H im the iniquity of us all." -I SAIAH 53:6 [KJV] What heart can conceive, what tongue express what the holy soul of Christ endured when "the L ORD laid on Him the iniquity of us all?" In the garden of Gethsemane, what a load of guilt, what a weight of sin, what an intolerable burden of the wrath of God did that sacred humanity endure, until the pressure of sorrow and woe forced the drops of blood to fall as sweat from His brow. The human nature in its weakness recoiled, as it were, from the cup of anguish put into His hand. His body could scarce bear the load that pressed Him down; His soul, under the waves and billows of God's wrath, sank in deep mire where there was no standing, and came into deep waters where the floods overflowed Him [PSALM 69:1, 2 ] . And how could it be otherwise when that sacred humanity was enduring all the wrath of God, suffering the very pangs of hell, and wading in all of the depths of guil

“ O L ORD , how manifold are Thy works! in wisdom hast Thou made them all: the earth is full of Thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.” -P SALM 104:24-25 [KJV] “These wait all upon Thee; that Thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That Thou givest them they gather: Thou openest Thine hand, they are filled with good. Thou hidest Thy face, they are troubled: Thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.” -P SALM 104:27-29 [KJV]   The providence of God is His care of and provision which He makes for His creatures; with His supervision and superintendence of them. The providence of God in His government of the world is a subject of deep importance to the Christian, for by proper views thereof, he will learn to see God’s activities in the daily works of His hands. Yet, though Christians assent to this truth, nevertheless they are prone to overlook it in exercise