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  OVERCOME BY MELANCHOLY
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: When feeling overwhelmed by melancholy, commit your way to God
and do something kind for someone else to find peace and comfort.

Topics: "Spiritual Warfare", "Emotional Healing"
Scripture References: Psalm 59:16, Proverbs 16:3, Romans 15:13, Philippians 4:6, 1 Peter 5:7

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Mary Wilder Tileston emphasizes the importance of finding refuge and
defense in God during times of trouble, encouraging believers to commit
their ways to Him and cast their cares upon Him. She highlights the
power of doing acts of kindness to combat melancholy and advises against
giving in to depression, urging listeners to bear discomforts with
bravery and surrender to the Lord. Tileston warns against being subdued
by melancholy, stating that it can hinder one's path to holiness, and
emphasizes that joy and peace from the love of God are essential for
perseverance in the Christian journey.

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Thou hast been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble.

PSALMS 59:16

COMMIT thy way to God,

The weight which makes thee faint;

Worlds are to Him no load,

To Him breathe thy complaint.

Up! up! the day is breaking,

Say to thy cares, good-night!

Thy troubles from thee shaking,

Like dreams in day's fresh light.

PAUL GERHARDT

WHEN you find yourself, as I dare say you sometimes do, overpowered as
it were by melancholy, the best way is to go out, and do something kind
to somebody or other.

JOHN BLE

Do not give way to depression,--but resign yourself to our dear Lord
with the object of bearing bravely the discomforts and petty
contradictions of this life.

CHARLES DE CONDREN

Never suffer yourself to be subdued by melancholy; it is amongst the
things that will most injure you. It is impossible to persevere in the
path of holiness, if we give not ourselves to it with joy. The love of
God should impart peace to the soul.

MADAME DE GUYON

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/mary-wilder-tileston/overcome-by-melancholy/
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