Afflictions are necessary to humble and prove us, and we shall have them as often as they are needed.

Oh, never doubt it! I have, indeed, but one fear concerning this people in the valleys of the mountains--but one trembling fear in the nerves of my spirit--and that is lest we do not live the religion we profess.

If we will only cleave to that faith in our practise, I tell you we are at the defiance of all hell.

But if we transgress the law God has given us, and trample His mercies, blessings, and ordinances under our feet, treating them with the indifference I have thought some occasionally do, not realising their sins, I tell you that in consequence we shall be overcome, and the Lord will let us be again smitten and scattered.

Take it to heart.