September 20

To be spiritually minded is life and peace.—ROM. viii, 6.

Stilled now be every anxious care;

See God's great goodness everywhere;

Leave all to Him in perfect rest:

He will do all things for the best.

FROM THE GERMAN.

Be still and cool in thy own mind and spirit from thy own thoughts, and then thou wilt feel the principle of God, to turn thy mind to the Lord God, from whom life comes; whereby thou mayest receive His strength, and power to allay all blustering storms and tempests. That is it which works up into patience, into innocency, into soberness, into stillness, into stayedness, into quietness, up to God with His power. . . . Therefore be still awhile from thy own thoughts, searching, seeking, desires, and imaginations and be stayed in the principle of God in thee, that it may raise thy mind up to God, and stay it upon God; and thou wilt find strength from Him, and find Him to be a God at hand, a present help in time of trouble and need.

GEORGE FOX.