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It is often given as a wonderful proof of confidence in a friend, that once when the great Grecian emperor, Alexander, was ill; it was told to him in a letter that his physician intended to give him poison, under the form of medicine. The emperor put the note under his pillow. The physician came, poured out the potion, and gave it to him. He looked his friend full in the face, drank the contents of the goblet, and then handed him the letter. It was a beautiful trust.
Like confidence are we to have in the will of Christ. We are never to doubt his love nor his wisdom. Whatever he gives we are to accept with childlike trust, though it be something that we think may even slay us. There is no other full proof of unquestioning friendship.