June 14

Thy will be done.—Luke 11:2.

HAVE I learned this most important lesson, ever to desire that God's will may be done in all things? Do I cheerfully bow my own will to his? Am I so thoroughly satisfied that his will is always wise and good, and that he requires nothing that is not for my highest welfare, that I yield to him cheerfully and thankfully? Do I study God's word, and watch his providence, and pray for the light of his Holy Spirit, that I may know his will? And when known, am I willing, at all times, to do or suffer it?

To worship a graven image is not worse idolatry, than to set up self-will, and always follow it, instead of conforming to, and complying with the divine and eternal will of God.—J. SMITH.

Few things are worse for us than to have our own way, and be left to our own will. The work of sanctification is but slight, if we are willing to carve for ourselves. The wisest, holiest, safest, happiest, best state for us to be in, is that in which, from the heart, we can, in all circumstances, say, "Not my will, but thine be done."

My God, my Father, while I stray,

Far from my home, on life's rough way,

Oh, teach me from the heart to say,

Thy will be done!

Renew my will from day to day,

Blend it with thine, and take away,

All that now makes it hard to say,

Thy will be done.—C. ELLIOTT.