# “Hope on, hope ever” by Charles Spurgeon

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- Published: 2014-03-07T09:00:15-06:00
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“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.” **–1 Peter 5:7**

“It is a happy way of soothing sorrow when we can feel—’HE careth for me.’ Christian!
Do not dishonour religion by always wearing a brow of care. Come, cast your burden
upon your Lord.

You are staggering beneath a weight which your Father would not feel. What seems
to you a crushing burden, would be to Him but as the small dust of the balance. 
Nothing is so sweet as to:

‘Lie passive in God’s hands,
 And know no will but His.’

O child of suffering, be thou patient. God has not passed thee over in His providence.
He who is the feeder of sparrows, will also furnish you with what you need. Sit 
not down in despair. Hope _on_, hope _ever_.

Take up the arms of faith against a sea of trouble, and your opposition shall yet
end your distresses. There is One who careth for you. His eye is fixed on you, His
heart beats with pity for your woe, and His hand omnipotent shall yet bring you 
the needed help.

The darkest cloud shall scatter itself in showers of mercy. The blackest gloom shall
give place to the morning. He, if thou art one of His family, will bind up thy wounds,
and heal thy broken heart.

Doubt not His grace because of thy tribulation, but believe that He loveth thee 
as much in seasons of trouble as in times of happiness. What a serene and quiet 
life might you lead if you would leave providing to the God of providence!

With a little oil in the cruse, and a handful of meal in the barrel, Elijah outlived
the famine, and you will do the same. If God cares for you, why need you care too?

Can you trust Him for your soul, and not for your body? He has never refused to 
bear your burdens, He has never fainted under their weight.

Come, then, soul! Have done with fretful care, and leave all thy concerns in the
hand of a gracious God.”

–Charles Spurgeon, “January 6 — Morning” in [_Morning and Evening_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1433598663?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Geanies House, Fearn, Scotland, UK: Christian Focus, 1994),  20.

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