April 16

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee.—ISA. XXVI. 3.

Grant us Thy peace throughout our earthly life,

Our balm in sorrow, and our stay in strife;

Then when Thy voice shall bid our conflict cease,

Call us, O Lord, to Thine eternal peace.

JOHN ELLERTON.

Christian peace! is aught else than a glorified harmony—the expelling from man's life of all that was causing disturbance there, all that was hindering him from chiming in with the music of heaven.

ARCHBISHOP TRENCH.

One great sign of the practical recognition of the "divine moment," and of our finding God's habitation in it, is constant calmness and peace of mind. Events and things come with the moment; but God comes with them, too. So that if He comes in the sunshine, we find rest and joy; and if He comes in the storm, we know He is King of the storms, and our hearts are not troubled. God Himself, though possessing a heart filled with the tenderest feelings, is, nevertheless, an everlasting tranquillity; and when we enter into His holy tabernacle, our souls necessarily enter into the tabernacle of rest.

T. C. UPHAM.