{"product_id":"2940150366336","title":"Exposition of Holy Scripture St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII","description":"Excerpt-But before I consider these individually, let me point you to this thought, that such a disposition, facing the inevitable sorrows, evils, and toilsome tasks of life with glad and courageous buoyancy, is a Christian duty, and is a temper not merely to be longed for, but consciously and definitely to be striven after.\u003cbr\u003eWe have a great deal more in our power, in the regulation of moods and tempers and dispositions, than we often are willing to acknowledge to ourselves. Our 'low' times--when we fret and are dull, and all things seem wrapped in gloom, and we are ready to sit down and bewail ourselves, like Job on his dunghill--are often quite as much the results of our own imperfect Christianity as the response of our feelings to external circumstances. It is by no means an unnecessary reminder for us, who have heavy tasks set us, which often seem too heavy, and are surrounded, as we all are, with crowding temptations to be bitter and melancholy and sad, that Christ commands us to be, and therefore we ought to be, 'of good cheer.'","brand":"Kartindo Publishing House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47109396005104,"sku":"2940150366336","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150366336_p0.jpg?v=1763743873","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150366336","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}