"Cast down, but not destroyed," was the story of his life.

He quickly arose out of every trial, every adversity, with a new light in his eye, a new enthusiasm in his heart.

He could not be defeated, for he had Christ in him.
Shall we not catch St.Paul's unconquerable spirit, that we may never faint in any trial?
It requires faith to meet trouble and adversity heroically.
Undoubtedly, at the time, the blessing is not apparent in the sorrow or the defeat.

All seems disastrous and destructive.

It is in the future, in the outworking, that the good is to come.