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REFINER
OF SILVER Some
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OF SILVER Some
time ago, a few ladies met to read the scripture.
While reading the third chapter of Malachi they came upon a
remarkable expression in the third verse. “And He shall sit as a refiner
and purifier of silver.” One lady’s opinion was that it was intended to
convey the view of the sanctifying influence of the grace of Christ.
Then she proposed to visit a silversmith and report to her friends
what he said on the subject. She
went accordingly and without telling the objective of her errand, begged
to know the process of refining silver, which he fully described to her.
“But sir,” she said, “Do you sit while the work of refining
is going on?” “Oh, yes,
madam.” Replied the silversmith, “I must sit with my eye steadily
fixed on the furnace, for if the time necessary for refining is exceeded
in the slightest degree, the silver will be injured.” The
lady at once saw the beauty, and comfort too, of the expression, “He
shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver.”
Christ sees it needful to put His children into a furnace; His eye
is steadily intent on the work of purifying, and His wisdom and love are
both engaged in the best manner for them.
Their trials do not come at random; “the very hairs of our head
are all numbered.” As
the lady was leaving the shop, the silversmith called her back, and said
that he had one more thing further to mention, that he only knows when the
process of purifying is complete, by seeing his own image reflected in the
silver!
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