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only, even from the Lord Jesus, who alone can give strength to His children, to conquer all that would draw or drive them away from the service of their loving Saviour. And here is the promise to him who trusts: "The God of thy father shall help thee, and the Almighty shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under." All heavenly and earthly blessings reward the good and obedient. All heavenly blessings are included in the delight of the love of Jesus, and all earthly blessings are included in the peace which He bestows upon His faithful followers. With His peace the poor are rich, and the mean great; without it the rich are poor and the great mean. Then there are "the blessings of the breasts and of the womb," that is, the blessings of being born again, and being, as a new creature, nourished with "the sincere milk of the Word." And then comes the final blessings—"The blessings of thy father have prevailed (or shall prevail) above the blessings of thy progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills." When one is born again, God is his Father, and he is