April 1

We have waited for Him, and He will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for Him, we will be glad in His salvation.—ISA. XXV, 9.

I sought the Lord, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.—Ps. XXXIV, 4.

Be Thou, O Rock of Ages, nigh!

So shall each murmuring thought be gone;

And grief and fear and care shall fly,

As clouds before the mid-day sun.

C. WESLEY.

The art of forgetting is a blessed art; but the art of overlooking is quite as important. And if we should take time to write down the origin, progress, and outcome of a few of our troubles, it would make us so ashamed of the fuss we make over them that we would be glad to drop such things, and bury them at once in eternal forgetfulness.

Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from our im- patience.

BISHOP HORNE.

Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.

C. C. COLTON.

Speaking of worrying, which kills more people than disease, keep a record for a month, and see if you do not worry over a great many things that turn out all right. And a matter that occasionally causes you worry turns out to be particularly fortunate.