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God for the privileges and blessings of the year closing,R5147 : page 387and rejoice with you all that by His grace we have hadthe privilege of His service. Let us press forward,"Still achieving, still pursuing."Let us not be fearful of the great Adversary's roar,when, like a roaring lion, he would seek to intimidate us."Be of good courage and He shall strengthen thine heart.""He who has begun a good work in us is able to completeit." "He knoweth our frame and remembereth that we aredust." He will not suffer us to be tempted above thatwe are able, but will, with every temptation, provide away of escape.--I Cor. 10:13."Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,But trust Him for His grace;Behind a frowning providenceHe hides a smiling face."Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;The clouds ye so much dreadAre big with mercy and shall breakIn blessings on your head."====================R5147 : page 387THE ADVERSARY'S TACTICS"For we are not ignorant of his devices."--2 Cor. 2:11.AS WE PROGRESS toward the consummationof the Harvest, it should not surprise us thatin every way the Adversary becomes morepersistent in his attacks. Opposition to theDivine Plan of the Ages is on the increaseeverywhere. Slanderous misrepresentationsare so unblushingly made as to carry ameasure of conviction with them, to theinjury of the Cause we serve.What Satan cannot do against the Truthalong the lines of logic, the Bible and common sense, heseeks to do through slanderous misrepresentations of allwho take their stand on the side of Truth; and his oppositionis incurred usually in proportion to the activity ofthe servants of the Truth. This opposition is to them atrial of faith and of patient endurance. It tests their loyaltyto God, to the Truth and to the brethren. It becomes,likewise, a test of brotherly love to the household of faith.It does a sifting or separating work. "The Lord your Godproveth you."--Deut. 13:3.R5148 : page 387