...every trial is necessary to complete the plan of eternal mercy. Every trial is to fulfil the promise, " I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined." The trials of the people of God are also often very painful. They affect them in the tenderest part,...

...land, saitk the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die ; but the third shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire,...my people and they shall say, The Lord is my God. Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will...

...die, but the third part shall be left therein. And I will bring the third part through the fire, and refine them as silver is refined, and will try them...people ; and they shall say, The Lord is my God." Having thus delivered the complete and all-inclusive oracle of the Assyrian's destruction, and the...

...Zechariah, chap. xiii. 9. " I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver it refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they...and I will hear them : I will say, It is my people," &c. Where it is remarkable, that although Zechariah is one of the prophets who lived at the end of...

...they have pierced ; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son." Chap. xiii. 9 : " ses from the course of events having fallen in with our purpose, and not from Benoni also becomes Benjamin, " soH of the right hand:" Mic. iv. 7, " I will make her that was cast...

...(Ps. Ixxx. 1, 7). " And it shall come to pass, saith the LORD, that they shall call upon my name, and! will hear them : I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The Lord is my God And the Lord shall be King over all the earth : in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one...

...but a persuasion that Christ is mine in the gift of God, and offer of the gospel, Zech. xiii. 9. — "I will say, It is my people; and they shall say, The Lord is my God:" and therefore I appropriate to myself the common salvation, Acts iv. 11; or what did lie before me...

...all nations like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth." " And I will bring the third part through the fire,...my people, and they shall say, The Lord is my God." "Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth; therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty...

...idea of Purgatory is to be found both in the Old and New Testament. for example. in Zechariach 1 3.9: 'And I will bring the third part through the fire....will refine them as silver is refined. and will try mem as gold is tried; they shall call on my name. and I will hear them; I will say. It is my people....

...the impurities in our lives, is an important process and it is only because of His great love for us. "And I will bring the third part through the fire,...and will refine them as silver is refined and will test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will hear and answer them. I will say,...