Timeless insight's from some of the best voices of the past through whom God continues to speak and bless His children.

In the interest of clarity I have taken the liberty of rewriting and modernizing some of the language for today's readers.

THE MISSION OF SORROW, by Gardiner Spring.

Classic Treatise on God's Gracious Purposes In Our Afflictions. "This is real writing. It is deeply devotional reflecting the fine writing of the period. I read the apt illustration of President Samuel Davies' mother who said, as she looked at her son in his coffin, 'There lies my only son and there lies the will of God and I am satisfied.'--Geoff Thomas, Pastor in Aberystwyth, Wales.

"The Mission of Sorrow by Spring is one of the most complete books ever written on the subject of sorrow. Each chapter builds upon the other, until the sorrowing believer is brought at last to heaven."David Ash, Pastor in Gainesville, Georgia

CHAPTER ONE--SORROW--GOD'S WITNESS- READY 

CHAPTER TWO--SORROW--DESERVED- READY

CHAPTER THREE--SUBMISSION UNDER SORROW READY

CHAPTER NINE--NO SORROW THERE- READY

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THE BOW IN THE CLOUD, SPRINGS OF COMFORT IN TIMES OF DEEP AFFLICTION, edited by William B. Stevens. "We live in a world of sin, and hence in a world of sorrow, for 'Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.' This being so, it becomes us to learn how to transmute tribulations into blessings; how to turn God's chastening rod into a supporting staff; how to discern the bow in the cloud, while we are still wet with its raindrops of sorrow. It is the design of this volume to aid in this comforting work."--From Editor's Preface.

William B. Stevens served as editor of this magnificent volume which is as useful to the pastor as the ones to be comforted. Stevens has included excellent articles by men like James W. Alexander, James Buchanon, Robert Candlish, Philip Doddrige, Archbishop Robert Leighton, John Newton, Edward Payson, Henry Venn and Octavious Winslow.

RESIGNATION-SILENT SUFFERING by Philip Doddridge

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EXPOSITION OF HEBREWS,  by  Arthur  W. PINK.
No child of God need suffer in darkness as Job did unless he or she chooses not to avail themself to the comfort of the Scriptures.

The following chapters are designed to help Christians understand and profit from their divinely ordained trials.

DIVINE CHASTISEMENT:    CHAPTER 86

DIVINE CHASTISEMENT:    CHAPTER 87

DIVINE CHASTISEMENT:    CHAPTER 88

DIVINE CHASTISEMENT:    CHAPTER 89

DIVINE CHASTISEMENT:    CHAPTER 90--READY

DIVINE CHASTISEMENT:    CHAPTER 91--READY

DIVINE CHASTISEMENT:    CHAPTER 92--READY

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THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD,  by Arthur W. Pink.

'Present day conditions', writes the author, 'call loudly for a new examination and new presentation of God's omnipotence, God's sufficiency, God's sovereignty. From every pulpit in the land it needs to be thundered forth that God still lives, that God still observes, that God still reigns. Faith is now in the crucible, it is being tested by fire, and there is no fixed and sufficient resting-place for the heart and mind but in the Throne of God. What is needed now, as never before, is a full positive, constructive setting forth of the Godhood of God.' From the Banner Of Truth Trust 1998 reprint of the 1959 Sixth edition.

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD AND THE PRESENT DAY: CHAPTER 1

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD DEFINED: CHAPTER 2 (NEW)

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD IN CREATION: CHAPTER 3 (NEW)

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD IN ADMINISTRATION: CHAPTER 4 (NEW)

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD IN SALVATION: CHAPTER 5

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD IN OPERATION: CHAPTER 6

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD AND THE HUMAN WILL: CHAPTER 7

GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY AND PRAYER:   CHAPTER 8   (NEW)

An excellent study adressing concerns such as: If before speaking HIs world into existance, God planned and ordained, and thereby, predestined everything which will come to pass in the course of human history; then why bother praying? Can fervent persistent prayer change things? You will be blessed by this study.

OUR ATTITUDE TOWARD GOD'S SOVEREIGNTY

THE VALUE OF THIS DOCTRINE

CONCLUSION