January 18

Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.— Ps. xlvi, 10.

When vexing words are said to you,

Smile, and keep bravely still;

Annoying tongues will have their way,

Let you say what you will;

Then shut your lips, speak not a word,—

This is the wisest plan,

And silence hurts tormenters more

Than any answer can.

Youth's Companion.

Only in the sacredness of inward silence does the soul truly meet the secret-hiding God. The strength of resolve, which afterward shapes life and mixes itself with action, is the fruit of those sacred, solitary moments when we meet God alone.

F. W. ROBERTSON.

To be silent, to suffer, to pray, when we cannot act, is acceptable to God. A disappointment, a contradiction, a harsh word received and endured as in His presence, is worth more than a long prayer.

FENELON.

If God is spending work upon a Christian, let him be still and know that it is God. And if he wants work, he will find it there—in the being still.

HENRY DRUMMOND.