April 7

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake.—Ps. xxiii, 3.

I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be

A pleasant road;

I do not ask that Thou wouldst take from me

Aught of its load:

For one thing only, Lord, dear Lord, I plead,

Lead me aright.

Though strength should falter, and though heart should bleed,

Through Peace to Light.

A. A. PROCTER.

We must not want to choose the place where we shall live, the work we shall do, the people and things we will have round us. All must be as God the Holy Spirit leads. But then we must remember that we must not always ask Him to lead us to bright, happy places, and to give us all things that naturally we would like to have. We must ask Him to lead us where it is best for us, and where it is God's will that we should go. It may be that He will take us into dull, quiet places, or into some place where we may have pain and sorrow. Perhaps we may be all alone, and so life will seem very like a wilderness. Well, never mind that, if it is where God leads us. So long as we pray and really wish the Holy Spirit to lead us we shall not come into any place that can really harm us, or have anything to suffer more than we can really bear. FR. OSBORNE.