In the Spirit's Power - William W. Prescott

time without God. We are not to have the courage
and fortitude of martyrs of old until brought into
the position they were in. The Lord proportions His
grace to meet every emergency. We are to receive
daily supplies of grace for each daily emergency.
Thus we grow in grace and in the knowledge of our
Lord Jesus Christ, and if persecution comes upon
us, if we must be enclosed in prison walls for the
faith of Jesus and the keeping of God’s holy law,
“As thy days, so shall thy strength be.” Should
there be a return of persecution there would be
grace given to arouse every energy of the soul to
show a true heroism. But there is a large amount of
nominal Christianity which has not its origin in
God, the Source of all power and might. God gives
us not power to make us independent and selfsufficient.
We must ever make God our only
dependence.[9]
E. December 1889 (MS18, 1889, “Address in
Regard to the Sunday Movement”)
We should diligently study the Word of God,
and pray in faith that God will restrain the powers
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