Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort mePs. xxiii. 4.

O WILL, that willest good alone,

Lead Thou the way, Thou guidest best;

A silent child, I follow on,

And trusting lean upon Thy breast.
And if in gloom I see Thee not,

I lean upon Thy love unknown;
In me Thy blessed will is wrought,
If I will nothing of my own.

GERHARD TERSTEEGEN.

THE 'HE devout soul is always safe in every state, if it makes everything an occasion either of rising up, or falling down into the hands of God, and exercising faith, and trust, and resignation to Him. The pious soul, that eyes only God, that means nothing but being His alone, can have no stop put to its progress; light and darkness equally assist him: in the light he looks up to God, in the darkness he lays hold on God, and so they both do him the same good.

WM. LAW

When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. MICAH vii. 8.

There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Lord, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us. - Ps. iv. 6.

How oft a gleam of glory sent

Straight through the deepest, darkest night,
Has filled the soul with heavenly light,
With holy peace and sweet content.

ANON.

SUPPOSE you are bewildered and know not what is right nor what is true.

Can you

not cease to regard whether you do or not, whether you be bewildered, whether you be happy? Cannot you utterly and perfectly love, and rejoice to be in the dark, and gloom-beset, because that very thing is the fact of God's Infinite Being as it is to you? Cannot you take this trial also into your own heart, and be ignorant, not because you are obliged, but because that being God's will, it is yours also? Do you not see that a person who truly loves is one with the Infinite Being cannot be uncomfortable or unhappy? It is that which Is that he wills and desires and holds best of all to be. To know God is utterly to sacrifice self.

JAMES HINTON

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed, and in truth. iii. 18.

I JOHN

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

- JAMES i. 22.

THRICE blest whose lives are faithful prayers,
Whose loves in higher love endure ;
What souls possess themselves so pure,
Or is there blessedness like theirs?

A. TENNYSON.

LET every creature have your love.

Love,

with its fruits of meekness, patience, and humility, is all that we can wish for to ourselves, and our fellow-creatures; for this is to live in God, united to Him, both for time and eternity. To desire to communicate good to every creature, in the degree we can, and it is capable of receiving from us, is a divine temper; for thus God stands unchangeably disposed towards the whole creation.

WM. LAW.

WHAT shall be our reward for loving our neighbor as ourselves in this life? That, when we become angels, we shall be enabled to love him better than ourselves.

E. SWEDENBORG.

Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God. MATT. v. 8.

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. — HEB. xii. 14.

SINCE Thou Thyself dost still display

Unto the pure in heart,

Oh, make us children of the day

To know Thee as Thou art.

For Thou art light and life and love;
And Thy redeemed below

May see Thee as Thy saints above,
And know Thee as they know.

J. MONTGOMERY.

DOUBT, gloom, impatience, have been expelled; joy has taken their place, the hope of heaven and the harmony of a pure heart, the triumph of self-mastery, sober thoughts, and a contented mind. How can charity towards all men fail to follow, being the mere affectionateness of innocence and peace? Thus the Spirit of God creates in us the simplicity and warmth of heart which children have, nay, rather the perfections of His heavenly hosts, high and low being joined together in His mysterious work; for what are implicit trust, ardent love, abiding purity, but the mind both of little children and of the adoring Seraphim!

J. H. NEWMAN.

Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacle?

Who shall dwell in Thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.- - Ps. xv. 1, 2..

How happy is he born or taught,
That serveth not another's will,
Whose armor is his honest thought,
And simple truth his utmost skill.

H. WOTTON.

IF thou workest at that which is before thee, following right reason, seriously, vigorously, calmly, without allowing anything else to distract thee, but keeping thy divine part pure as if thou shouldest be bound to give it back immediately, -if thou holdest to this, expecting nothing, fearing nothing, but satisfied with thy present activity according to nature, and with heroic truth in every word and sound which thou utterest, thou wilt live happy. And there is no man who is able to prevent this.

MARCUS ANTONINUS