To the Reader.

Of this I am certain: God will not condemn any man for his patience.

The world indeed may think the truth is defeated original: "overthrown" because she is accompanied by her peace; for in the judgment of most men, where there is no noise, there is no victory. I shall view this as no disadvantage. The estimation original: "Estimat" of such critics original: "Censors" will only lighten the scales, and I dare suppose those who believe the truth sinks simply because it outweighs them have very weak intellects original: "Brains".

1 Kings 19

As for stormy outcries, when they lack legitimate reasons original: "Motives", they reveal an irreligious spirit—one that has more of the hurricane original: "Hurry-cano" than of Jesus Christ. God was not in the wind that tore the rocks to pieces, nor in the earthquake and fire at Mount Horeb: He was in a gentle breeze original Latin: "Aura tenui", in the still, small voice.

My advice is that no man should resent the common hostility original: "spleen"—historically believed to be the source of spite and anger. Whoever writes the truth of God has the same pa-