“你行走，脚步必不至狭窄。”（箴4章12节）
神从来不替我们预先建筑一架信心的桥梁来等待我们经过的，必须等我们走到那里，他才为我们开路；如果他先替我们建筑好了，那就不能称作“信心的桥梁”了，眼见的不能算作信心。
一个花园大门旁边有一种出口的小门。当我们行近那门的时候，它一点都没有变动。我们在它旁边站立一天，仍旧不见它打开一点。但是如果我们向前走去，门上的机轮，经了人体的推动，就会向左转动；这样，便给我们一个出口。
走信心的道路，也是如此。无论我们的拦阻是江河，是铜门，是高山，我们只要大着胆向前走去就是了。如果是一道江河，当我们脚一入水的时候，江河便会变成干地。如果是一扇铜门，当我们向前推进的时候，铜门便会自动开展。如果是一座高山，当我们奋勇前进的时候，高山便会倒入海中。
读者，你的道路上现在有没有东西在拦阻你前进？你只要奉主的名向前走去，一切的拦阻都会冰消瓦解了。——崔伦保（Henry Clay Trumbull）
When thou goest, thy way shall be opened up before thee step by step (Proverbs 4:12, free translation).
The Lord never builds a bridge of faith except under the feet of the faith-filled traveler. If He builds the bridge a rod ahead, it would not be a bridge of faith. That which is of sight is not of faith.
There is a self-opening gate which is sometimes used in country roads. It stands fast and firm across the road as a traveler approaches it. If he stops before he gets to it, it will not open. But if he will drive right at it, his wagon wheels press the springs below the roadway, and the gate swings back to let him through. He must push right on at the closed gate, or it will continue to be closed.
This illustrates the way to pass every barrier on the road of duty. Whether it is a river, a gate, or a mountain, all the child of Jesus has to do is to go for it. If it is a river, it will dry up when you put your feet in its waters. If it is a gate, it will fly open when you are near enough to it, and are still pushing on. If it is a mountain, it will be lifted up and cast into a sea when you come squarely up, without flinching, to where you thought it was.
Is there a great barrier across your path of duty just now? Just go for it, in the name of the Lord, and it won't be there.
--Henry Clay Trumbull
We sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty said, "Up and onward forevermore." Let us move on and step out boldly, though it be into the night, and we can scarcely see the way. The path will open, as we progress, like the trail through the forest, or the Alpine pass, which discloses but a few rods of its length from any single point of view.
Press on! If necessary, we will find even the pillar of cloud and fire to mark our journey through the wilderness. There are guides and wayside inns along the road. We will find food, clothes and friends at every stage of the journey, and as Rutherford so quaintly says: "However matters go, the worst will be a tired traveler and a joyful and sweet welcome home."
I'm going by the upper road, for that
still holds the sun,
I'm climbing through night's pastures where
the starry rivers run:
If you should think to seek me in my
old dark abode,
You'll find this writing on the door,
"He's on the Upper Road."
--Selected
神从来不替我们预先建筑一架信心的桥梁来等待我们经过的，必须等我们走到那里，他才为我们开路；如果他先替我们建筑好了，那就不能称作“信心的桥梁”了，眼见的不能算作信心。
一个花园大门旁边有一种出口的小门。当我们行近那门的时候，它一点都没有变动。我们在它旁边站立一天，仍旧不见它打开一点。但是如果我们向前走去，门上的机轮，经了人体的推动，就会向左转动；这样，便给我们一个出口。
走信心的道路，也是如此。无论我们的拦阻是江河，是铜门，是高山，我们只要大着胆向前走去就是了。如果是一道江河，当我们脚一入水的时候，江河便会变成干地。如果是一扇铜门，当我们向前推进的时候，铜门便会自动开展。如果是一座高山，当我们奋勇前进的时候，高山便会倒入海中。
读者，你的道路上现在有没有东西在拦阻你前进？你只要奉主的名向前走去，一切的拦阻都会冰消瓦解了。——崔伦保（Henry Clay Trumbull）
When thou goest, thy way shall be opened up before thee step by step (Proverbs 4:12, free translation).
The Lord never builds a bridge of faith except under the feet of the faith-filled traveler. If He builds the bridge a rod ahead, it would not be a bridge of faith. That which is of sight is not of faith.
There is a self-opening gate which is sometimes used in country roads. It stands fast and firm across the road as a traveler approaches it. If he stops before he gets to it, it will not open. But if he will drive right at it, his wagon wheels press the springs below the roadway, and the gate swings back to let him through. He must push right on at the closed gate, or it will continue to be closed.
This illustrates the way to pass every barrier on the road of duty. Whether it is a river, a gate, or a mountain, all the child of Jesus has to do is to go for it. If it is a river, it will dry up when you put your feet in its waters. If it is a gate, it will fly open when you are near enough to it, and are still pushing on. If it is a mountain, it will be lifted up and cast into a sea when you come squarely up, without flinching, to where you thought it was.
Is there a great barrier across your path of duty just now? Just go for it, in the name of the Lord, and it won't be there.
--Henry Clay Trumbull
We sit and weep in vain. The voice of the Almighty said, "Up and onward forevermore." Let us move on and step out boldly, though it be into the night, and we can scarcely see the way. The path will open, as we progress, like the trail through the forest, or the Alpine pass, which discloses but a few rods of its length from any single point of view.
Press on! If necessary, we will find even the pillar of cloud and fire to mark our journey through the wilderness. There are guides and wayside inns along the road. We will find food, clothes and friends at every stage of the journey, and as Rutherford so quaintly says: "However matters go, the worst will be a tired traveler and a joyful and sweet welcome home."
I'm going by the upper road, for that
still holds the sun,
I'm climbing through night's pastures where
the starry rivers run:
If you should think to seek me in my
old dark abode,
You'll find this writing on the door,
"He's on the Upper Road."
--Selected