March 24

When He giveth quietness, who then can make trouble?—JOB XXXIV, 29.

None of these things move me.—ACTS XX, 24.

I've many a cross to take up now, And many left behind;

But present troubles move me not, Nor shake my quiet mind.

And what may be to-morrow's cross I never seek to find:

My Father says, "Leave that to me, And keep a quiet mind."

ANON.

God hath provided a sweet and quiet life for His children, could they improve and use it; a calm and firm conviction in all the storms and troubles that are about them, however things go, to find content, and be careful for nothing.

R. LEIGHTON.

As a result of this strong faith, the inner life of Catherine of Genoa was characterized, in a remarkable degree, by what may be termed rest, or quietude; which is only another form of expression for true interior peace. It was not, however, the quietude of a lazy inaction, but the quietude of an inward acquiescence; not a quietude which feels nothing and does nothing, but that higher and divine quietude which exists by feeling and acting in the time and degree of God's appointment and God's will. It was a principle in her conduct, to give herself to God in the discharge of duty; and to leave all results without solicitude in His hands.

T. C. UPHAM.