Oftentimes we learn to know our human friends by trusting them. We see no special beauty or worth in them as they move by our side in the ordinary experiences of life; but we pass at length into circumstance of trial, where we need friendship, and then the noble qualities of our friends appear, as we trust them, and they come nearer to us, and prove themselves true. In like manner most of us really get acquainted with Christ only in experience of need, in which His love and faithfulness are revealed.