There shall no evil befall thee. Ps. xci. 10.

Whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, nd shall be quiet from fear of evil. PROV. i. 33.

I ASK not, "Take away this weight of care;"
No, for that love I pray that all can bear,

And for the faith that whatsoe'er befall
Must needs be good, and for my profit prove,
Since from my Father's heart most rich in love,

And from His bounteous hands it cometh all.
C. J. P. SPITTA

E like the promontory, against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm, d tames the fury of the water around it. Unappy am I, because this has happened to me? ot so, but happy am I, though this has hapened to me, because I continue free from pain, either crushed by the present, nor fearing the ture. Will then this which has happened prevent ee from being just, magnanimous, temperate, udent, secure against inconsiderate opinions d falsehood? Remember, too, on every occaon which leads thee to vexation to apply this inciple that this is not a misfortune, but that bear it nobly is good fortune.

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MARCUS ANTONINUS

Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. — Ps. lxxiii. 24.

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. - HEB. iv. 9.

GUIDE us through life; and when at last

We enter into rest,

Thy tender arms around us cast,

And fold us to Thy breast.

H. F. LYTE.

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forth to meet the solemnities and to conquer the trials of Shepherd of your souls.

existence, believing in a Then faith in Him will

duty firmly done will

support you in duty, and strengthen faith; till at last, when all is over here, and the noise and strife of the earthly battle fades upon your dying ear, and you hear, instead thereof, the deep and musical sound of the ocean of eternity, and see the lights of heaven shining on its waters still and fair in their radiant rest, your faith will raise the song of conquest, and in its retrospect of the life which has ended, and its forward glance upon the life to come, take up the poetic inspiration of the Hebrew king, Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."

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STOPFORD A. BROOKE

Thou shalt be in league with the stones of the held, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle hall be in peace. — JOB V. 23, 24.

LOVE had he found in huts where poor men lie;
His daily teachers had been woods and rills,
The silence that is in the starry sky,

The sleep that is among the lonely hills.

W. WORDSWORTH,

THAT spirit which suffices quiet hearts, which

seems to come forth to such from every ry knoll of sere grass, from every pine-stump, nd half-embedded stone, on which the dull March sun shines, comes forth to the poor and ungry, and to such as are of simple taste. If ou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, ith fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate y jaded senses with wine and French coffee, ou shalt find no radiance of wisdom in the nely waste of the pine-woods.

For Thou lovest all the things that are, and abhorrest nothing which Thou hast made: for never wouldest Thou have made any thing, if Thou hadst hated it. But Thou sparest all: for they are Thine, O Lord, Thou lover of souls. - WISDOM OF SoloMON XI. 24, 26.

He prayeth best who loveth best
All things both great and small;
For the dear God who loveth us,

He made and loveth all.

S. T. COLERIDGE.

O know that Love alone was the beginning

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of nature and creature, that nothing but Love encompasses the whole universe of things, that the governing Hand that overrules all, the watchful Eye that sees through all, is nothing but omnipotent and omniscient Love, using an infinity of wisdom, to save every misguided creature from the miserable works of its own hands, and make happiness and glory the perpetual inheritance of all the creation, is a reflection that must be quite ravishing to every intelligent creature that is sensible of it.

WM. LAW

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Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and at the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

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FATHER! replenish with Thy grace
This longing heart of mine;
Make it Thy quiet dwelling-place,
Thy sacred inmost shrine!

ANGELUS SILESIUS.

TOT man's manifold labors, but his manifold cares, hinder the presence of God. . . . hatsoever thou doest, hush thyself to thine in feverish vanities, and busy thoughts, and res; in silence seek thy Father's face, and the ht of His countenance will stream down upon ee. He will make a secret cell in thine heart, d when thou enterest there, there shalt thou d Him. And if thou hast found Him there, around shall reflect Him, all shall speak to m, and He will speak through all. Outwardly ou mayest be doing the work of thy calling; vardly, if thou commend thy work to God, Du mayest be with Him in the third Heaven

E. B. PUSEY.

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