THE TEACHINGS OF THE BIBLE 263 



" Workman of God! O lose not heart, 



But learn what God is like ; 

 And in the darkest battle-field 

 Thou shalt know where to strike. 



"Muse on his justice, downcast soul ! 



Muse, and take better heart ; 

 Back with thine angel to the field, 

 Good luck shall crown thy part ! 



"For right is right, since God is God; 



And right the day must win; 

 To doubt would be disloyalty, 

 To falter would be sin." 



Hope on, be strong and of a good courage. For in 

 the dark hours others will lean on you to catch your 

 hope and courage. To many a poor discouraged soul 

 you must be " a hiding-place from the wind and a 

 covert from the tempest ; as rivers of water in a dry 

 place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land." 

 Every power and force in the universe of environment 

 makes for the ultimate triumph of truth and right. 

 Defeat is impossible. " One man with God on his 

 side is the majority that carries the day. ' We are but 

 two,' said Abu Bakr to Mohammed as they were flying 

 hunted from Mecca to Medina. ' Nay ; ' answered 

 Mohammed, ' we are three ; God is with us.' : 



And not only the race will triumph and regain the 

 Paradise lost. The city of God shall surely be with 

 men, and God will dwell with them and in them. But 

 you and I can and shall triumph too. 



We are prone to feel that the individual man is too 

 insignificant a being to be the object of God's care and 

 forethought. But we should not forget that it is the 



