August 30

As thy days, so shall thy strength be.—DEUT. xxxiii, 25.

My grace is sufficient for thee.—II COR. xii, 9.

Ah! if we knew it all we should surely understand

That the balance of sorrow and joy is held with an even hand,

That the scale of success or loss shall never overflow,

And that compensation is twined with the lot of high and low.

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Then hush! oh, hush! for the Father knowest what thou know- est not.

The need of the thorn and the shadow with the fairest lot;

Knows the wisest exemption from many an unseen snare.

Knows what will keep the nearest, knowest what thou couldst not bear.

Hush! oh, hush! for the Father portioneth as He will,

To all His beloved children, and shall they not be still?

Is not His will the wisest, is not His choice the best?

And in perfect acquiescence is there not perfect rest?

Hush! oh, hush! for the Father, whose ways are true and just,

Knoweth and careth and loveth, and waits for thy perfect trust;

The cup He is slowly filling shall be full to the brim,

In infinite compensations forever found in Him.

Hush! oh, hush! for the Father hath fullness of joy in store, Treasures of power and wisdom, and pleasures for ever more; Blessing and honor and glory, endless, infinite bliss;

Child of His love and His choice, oh, canst thou not wait for this?

F. R. HAVERGAL.

Strive to realize a state of inward happiness, inde- pendent of circumstances.

J. P. GREAVES.

There is in man a higher than love of happiness: he can do without happiness, and instead thereof find blessedness!

T. CARLYLE.