It is not the sunny side of Christ that we must look to, and we must not forsake him for want of that; but must set our face against what may befall us, in following on till he and we be through the briers and bushes on the dry ground. Our soft nature would be borne through the troubles of this miserable life in Christ’s arms. And it is his wisdom, who knoweth our mold, that his bairns go wet-shod and cold-footed to heaven.