I shall enjoy it, I doubt not, when I come near death’s gate but I have had it already sealed to my own soul with richness and fulness of comfort by the blessed Spirit of our God. ![]() I sucked the honey out of this verse some days ago when a tempest howled around me, but its sweetness is there still. ![]() Yes, and have it all the more because your faith has fed upon its fatness. You can enjoy a promise and have it still. Fathers tell their children, “You cannot eat your cake and have it too” but this rule does not hold good of the consolations of God. The other day I found that I needed to eat this heavenly loaf at once, and I did so. “Yea, though I walk through death’s dark vale, ![]() 4.ĭo you know I had laid this text by? I meant that this choice promise should be kept in store and stock till I came near the river of Jordan, and I hoped that then, in my last hours, I might be privileged to enjoy its sweetness, and sing with joyful lips. “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”- Psalm xxiii.
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