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The husband whispers in th
e ear of his wife, “I will
never leave you, nor forsake you,” but he
forgets the hour of death when he must
go from all below. The mother, as she
presses her child to her bosom, says, “I will never leave y
ou, nor forsake you,” but she
knows not how soon that little
child may be an orphan to need another’s
care. Friend says to friend, “I will ne
ver leave you, nor forsake you,” forget-
ting how changeable human friendships are, for many are the
hearts that have been torn asunder by vows, honestly whis-
pered at the time, which have been forgot
ten through the lapse of years, or have
been treacherously broken. “I will never
leave you, nor forsake you,” is not a prom
ise for mortal lips to utter! Transient
beings like ourselves must not venture to
say, “I will never do this or that,”
for, alas, we know not what we may do,
or may not do! Even though we think we shall
never prove to be traitors, yet traitors we may prove to be.
Or if not traitors, our power may
fail so that we shall be una-
ble to do what we have promis
ed. But when Jehovah says, “I
will never leave you, nor forsak
e you,” it is a Divine Prom-
ise and He who utters it, Divinely keeps
it! ‘Tis a fit promise for God to speak an
d ‘tis a fit promise for God’s servants to
hear. You have lost many of those dear to you, but you have
not lost your God! They have
gone from you, one by one,
“as star by star grows dim,” but His Light
still shines on—and shall shine on forever!
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