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 with blood, let us press out for Jesus a new wine which may slake His thirst, and looking around Him He will no longer be able to say that He is alone; we shall be there to help.

Neglect, forgetfulness this it is, it seems to me, which still pains Him the most.

Here on earth, where all changes, one sole thing changes not, the King of Heaven's mode of acting as regards His friends. Ever since He uplifted the standard of the Cross, it is in its shadow that all must fight and gain the victory.

It is indeed more through suffering and persecution than through eloquent preaching, that God wills to establish His Kingdom in souls.