November 9
Daily Cheer for All the YearLet the peace of God rule in your hearts.—COL. iii. 15.
That we may lead a quiet and peaceable life.— I TIM. ii, 2.
Just to let thy Father do
What He will;
Just to know that He is true,
And be still;
Just to trust Him, this is all!
Then the day will surely be
Peaceful, whatsoe'er befall,
Bright and blessed, calm and free.
F. R. HAVERGAL.
Nothing less than the majesty of God, and the powers of the world to come, can maintain the peace and sanctity of our homes, the order and serenity of our minds, the spirit of patience and tender mercy in our hearts. Then will even the merest drudgery of duty cease to humble us, when we transfigure it by the glory of our own spirit.
J. MARTINEAU.
True, we can never be at peace till we have per- formed the highest duty of all—till we have arisen and gone to our Father—but the performance of smaller duties, yes, even of the smallest, will do more to give us temporary repose, will act more as health- ful anodynes, than the greatest joys that can come to us from any other quarter.
GEORGE MACDONALD.