July 25

Vain man would be wise.—Job 11:12.

DO I see and avoid the vanity and folly of striving to comprehend what is inscrutable to mere finite wisdom, leaving to eternity to make plain, what now I may not understand? Do I look away from the mysteries of providence, and the dark things of this world, to the simple teachings of divine truth, and the plain requirements of commanded duty? Casting aside all high and self-exalting thoughts, am I willing, as a little child, to be taught of God? Do I remember that God is infinite, and I am finite? Do I seek, as the great thing, to be made wise unto salvation?

Pry not too curiously into the secrets of divine providence, nor suffer your shallow reason arrogantly to judge and censure its designs.—FLAVEL.

Every particle of matter is an immensity; every leaf, a world; every insect an inexplicable compendium. How, then, can we comprehend all the mysteries of truth, and all the ways of the infinite God? —LAVATER.

Deep in unfathomable mines, Of never failing skill, God treasures up his wise designs, And works his sovereign will. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.—COWPER