April 7
Companions of the Way (Evening)A land of hills and valleys that drinketh water of the rain of heaven, a land which the Lord thy God careth for. The eyes of the Lord are always upon it.
(Spoken in the Unseen.)
O BRETHREN, though all is more beautiful and joyful here where we know, yet to remember the days when we knew not, and the ways when all was uncertain, and the end could not be distinguished from the beginning, is sweet and dear; and that which was done in the dim twilight should be celebrated in the day; and our Father Himself loves to hear of those who, having not seen, loved, and who learned without any teacher, and followed the light, though they did not understand.
. . . Oh dear mother earth, oh little world and great, thou art lovely and dear, and the sun of God shines upon thee and the sweet dews fall; and there were we born, and loved, and died, and are come thence to bless the Father and the Son. For in no other world, though they are so vast, is it given to any to know the Lord in the darkness, and follow Him groping, and make way through sin and death, and overcome the evil, and conquer in His Name.
MRS. OLIPHANT