[[10]] 1 St. John i, 7.
[[11]] Ps. ciii, 17.
[[12]] Phil. iii, 13-14.
[[13]] 1 Cor. ix, 27.
[[14]] Vid. Webster.
CHAPTER XIII
THE GROUND FOR CHRISTIAN COURAGE
In His instructions to His disciples, while not hiding from them what were to be the hardships and, as the world counts it, loss, that must accompany His service, our Lord was ever full of words of encouragement. He strove always to show them that while the following of Him was not what the natural heart would look for as a flowery path, yet, if understood aright, His yoke was easy and His burden light, and that those who bore it would find rest for their souls.[[1]]