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

“He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; He led him about, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.” -DEUTERONOMY 32:10 [KJV] Christian! see here an emblem of yourself. Where did God find you? He found you in “a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness.” Yes, earth with all its loveliness and beauty is a desert place, until the sinner has been found by God. There is much, it is true, to attract the eye and to gratify the sense; but fair and lovely though it be, in a moral and spiritual view it is “ a desert land .” The soul can find in it no sustenance, and no refuge in this desert. In this “ waste howling wilderness ,” he is surrounded, on every side, by dangers; and exposed to countless perils. But, oh! it is a blessed thing to know, that God seeks out, and finds the wanderer, in the desert; and, when He has found him, “ He leads him ,” not always by a direct path, to the promised land, but by a circuitous route, and in the

"I am the L ORD that healeth thee." -E XODUS 15:26 [KJV] How does God heal the diseases of His people? He heals them chiefly by subduing them; for in this life they are never thoroughly healed. The promise runs: "He will subdue our iniquities" [MICAH 7:19 ] . To subdue them is to restrain their power. Thus he sees one suffering under the power of unbelief. He gives him faith: this subdues his unbelief. Here is another poor languid patient, dying of exhaustion: he gives him strength. Here is a third mourning under his corruptions: he gives a drop of His blood to purge his conscience, and a taste of His love to warm his heart. He sees a fourth crying under the strong assaults of Satan: with one look Satan flies and the soul is set free. Thus with infinite wisdom blended with infinite love and power, He passes on from bed to bed of every sick patient, administering health wherever He goes. This blessed Physician has a remedy for every dis