1957 Miracle Yearbook

p ra0bartf A statement from one of Spurgeon's many interesting chapters describes "the minister's fainting fits." "The strong are not always vigorous, the wise not always ready, the brave not always courageous, and the joyous not always happy." When Paul penned II Corinthians 4:1, he may have been considering some possible personal reasons for fainting, for he writes "as we have received mercy we faint not." Often in his writings Paul expressed himself as being unworthy of his high calling. He endured trials without number. He faced humanly insurmountable difficulties which are described in the last section of the chapter. To "faint" means "to lose heart." Paul did not lose heart because he knew what God had done for him and he was sure what the Lord would do in him (II Corinthians 4:16). As our graduates leave Cedar- ville and enter some definite field of serving for Christ, they will be facing problems, opposition and satanic hindrances which may cause them to lose heart. It is the prayer of everyone of us that "since it is by God's mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart." James T. Jeremiah 6