A flowery path?',

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Does the road to heaven lie across a smooth,
grassy meadow, over which we may quietly
walk in the cool of a summer evening, and 
leisurely amuse ourselves with gathering of
flowers and listening to the warbling of the birds? 

No child of God ever found the way to heaven 
a flowery path. It is the wide gate and broad
way which leads to perdition. It is the strait 
gate and narrow way, the uphill road, full of . . .
difficulties,
trials,
temptations,
and enemies, 
which leads to heaven, and issues in eternal life.

But our Father manifests mercy and grace. He never 
leaves nor forsakes the objects of His choice. He . . .
fulfils every promise,
defeats every enemy,
appears in every difficulty,
richly pardons every sin,
graciously heals every backsliding,
and eventually lands them in eternal bliss!
Toys and playthings of the religious baby-house