- It is the broken ground that opens its bosom for the reception of seed which springs up and brings forth fruit abundantly.
- It is the broken cloud that discharges its showers that usher in the spring, and cheer the thirsty ground.
- It is the broken corn that is separated from the chaff, and laid up in the garner of the husbandman that saved lives from starvation.
- It is the broken berries which the milestones of the olive press have crushed, and give forth a precious oil which fills lamps that brings light to darkness.
- It was the broken alabaster box from which the poor penitent woman anointed the feet of the Saviour, and its contents which filled the whole house with the odor of the precious spikenard perfume.
- It was Christ’s broken body which was nailed to the cross and the spear of an enemy, that furnishes the blood that cleanses all souls from their sin. · It is the broken veil of the temple that opened to us the Holiest of all, and gives the believing soul the opportunity to go directly to the Lord in prayer.
- It was the broken grave that announced the reality of the resurrection and proclaimed to the unbelieving disciple that the Saviour was risen indeed.
So it is with Christians. It is by means of breaking and the crushing processes to which they are subjected by the providence of God, that they become the spiritual salt of the earth and the lights of this world.
Dr. J. Hamilton, 1871
