I. DIFFICULTIES SUPPOSED.

"The Bread of Adversity" was a proverbial expression among the Jews

(1 Kings xxii. 27; Ps. lxxx. 5). The _Lord_ gives: He who gave the

cup of salvation gives the cup of affliction. He who gives the bread

of life gives also the bread of adversity (Heb. xii. 6). Recollect

that the Lord who gives you the bread of adversity gave His own Son

no better fare, no richer diet.