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The Silversmithscriptures. 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."
Malachi 3:3
on what he said about the subject. She went accordingly, and
without telling the object of her errand, begged the silversmith
to tell her about the process of refining silver.
After he had fully described it to her, she asked, "But, Sir,
do you sit while the work of refining is going on?" Oh, yes,
Madam," replied the silversmith; "I must sit with my eyes
steadily fixed on the furnace, for if the time necessary for
refining be 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."
God 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
us. Our trials do not come at random, and He will not let
us be tested beyond what we can endure. "For thou, O
God, hast tested us; thou hast tried us, as silver is tried."
Psalms 119:71
Before she left, the lady asked one final question,
"When do you know the process is complete?" "Why,
that is quite simple," replied the silversmith. "When
I can see my own image in the silver, the refining
process is finished." "For whom he did foreknow, he
also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of
His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many
brethren." Romans 8:29
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