Psalm 66:10 For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried. When Scoresby was selecting his men to accompany him in Arctic explorations, he needed sailors that could stand the severest exposure, and had nerve to bear the worst trials. So every man who applied to accompany the expedition was made to stand barefooted on a great block of ice while the surgeon examined his body and Scoresby inquired into his past history. Scores were rejected at once, as they had not nerve to endure the test. The men who stood the trial made up a band of brave heroes. So sometimes God tries us when He has in store for us some great undertaking. Many faint and excuse themselves from the start; some endure, and make the heroes and leaders of the Church, Parallel Verses KJV: For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.WEB: For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined. |
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