[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"reading-1227":3},"DECEMBER 27\r\nHis soul entered into iron (Psalm. 105:18).\r\nTurn that about and render it in our language, and it reads thus, \"Iron entered his soul.\" Is there not a truth in this? That sorrow\r\nand privation, the yoke borne in the youth, the soul's enforced\r\nrestraint are all conducive to an iron tenacity and strength of\r\npurpose, and endurance or fortitude, which are the indispensable foundation and framework of a noble character.\r\nDo not flinch from suffering; bear it silently, patiently,\r\nresignedly; and be sure that it is God's way of infusing iron into your spiritual life. The world wants iron dukes, iron battalions,\r\niron sinews, and them of steel. God wants iron saints; and since there is no way of imparting iron to the moral nature but by\r\nletting people suffer, He lets them suffer.\r\nAre the best years of your life slipping away In enforced\r\nmonotony'.? Are you beset by opposition, misunderstanding, and\r\nscorn, as the thick undergrowth besets the passage of the woodsman pioneer? Then take heart the time is not wasted; God is only\r\nputting you through the iron regimen. The iron crown of suffering  precedes the golden crown of glory. And iron is entering into your soul to make it strong and brave. --F. B. Meyer.\r\nBut you will not mind the roughness nor the steepness of the way, Nor the chill, unrested morning, nor the searness of the day;\r\nAnd you will not take a turning to the left or the right,\r\nBut go straight ahead, nor tremble at the coming of the night, For the road leads home.",1783499794594]