June 6

Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.—PROV. XVI, 3.

No earnest work

Of any honest creature, howbeit weak,

Imperfect, ill-adapted, fails so much

It is not gathered, as a grain of sand,

To enlarge the sum of human action used

For carrying out God's plan.

ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.

Let every man lovingly cast all his thoughts and cares, and his sins, too, as it were, on the Will of God. Moreover, if a man, while busy in this lofty inward work, were called by some duty in the Providence of God to cease therefrom, and cook a broth for some sick person, or any other such service, he should do so willingly and with great joy. If I had to forsake such work, and go out to preach or aught else, I should go cheerfully, believing not only that God would be with me, but that He would vouchsafe me it may be even greater grace and blessing in that ex- ternal work undertaken out of true love in the service of my neighbor, than I should perhaps receive in my season of loftiest contemplation.

JOHN TAULER.