
How different is God's method from  man's! The creature works from day to night, his best is first; but darkness  overshadows his fairest hopes and best-concerted schemes. The Creator's days  begin with the preceding eve. He reckons the evenings and nights into the days,  because out of them the day is born; they usher in the light, and recreate body  and brain for the busy hours that follow.
Art thou disappointed in  Christian work? - Human schemes begin with blare of  trumpet and roll of drum, but are soon plunged in darkness. The heavenly seed is  sown in autumn shadows; the foundation-stone of redemption was laid amid the  gloom of Calvary; the work that lasts generally begins amid disappointment,  difficulty, and heart-break, but inevitably passes into the day.
Art thou  passing through the bitterness of soul-trouble? - For weeks there has been no  ray of comfort, no sign of deliverance. Yet every dark hour is hastening toward  the dawn. Thou shalt see thy Beloved walking toward thee in the morning  light.
Art thou in despair for the worm? - The times are dark, and  threaten to get darker. But if the first creation began in the dark, can it be  wondered at that the second must begin there to? But as the one emerged in  daylight, so shall the other. The morning cometh; see the star of day standing  sentry! Time, is bearing us to a day that shall never go down to night, but  shall mount ever toward its meridian.