May 10

In your patience possess ye your souls.—LUKE xxi, 19.

What though thy way be dark, and earth With ceaseless care do cark, till mirth To thee no sweet strain singeth; Still hide thy life above, and still Believe that God is love; fulfill Whatever lot He bringeth.

ALBERT E. EVANS.

How can you live sweetly amid the vexatious things, the irritating things, the multitude of little worries and frets, which lie all along your way, and which you cannot evade? You cannot at present change your surroundings. Whatever kind of life you are to live, must be lived amid precisely the experiences in which you are now moving. Here you must win your victories or suffer your defeats. No restlessness or discontent can change your lot. Others may have other circumstances surrounding them, but here are yours. You had better make up your mind to accept what you cannot alter. You can live a beautiful life in the midst of your present circumstances.

J. R. MILLER.

Perhaps it is a greater energy of Divine Providence which keeps the Christian from day to day, from year to year—praying, hoping, running, believing—against all hindrances, which maintains him as a living martyr, than that which bears him up for an hour in sacrificing himself at the stake.

R. CECIL.