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Rh from his earthly father, but they could not separate him from his Heavenly Father. None can separate us from Him, or remove us from His presence. No one can do this but ourselves. So long as we are faithful to Him, He will be faithful to us; and the further we are from our kindred the nearer we may be to God. Trial serves but to bring the good to nearer connection with Him. How finely does the Apostle Paul deal with this subject! "who can separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is Christ Jesus our Lord." (Rom. viii. 35-39.)