November 23

Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass.—Psalms 37:5.

WHEN providences seem dark, and the prospects of the future clouded, then, in patient and submissive faith, do I commit my ways to the Lord, and quietly wait for light from on high? Do I bear in mind the blessed assurance of the Saviour, that what we know not now, we shall know hereafter? Though clouds and darkness may be about me, do I endeavor to look beyond them to the Sun of righteousness, knowing that in due time its beams will shine forth, and every way be made plain?

In all circumstances let faith and patience have their perfect work, and they will bring forth celestial fruits.—G. MACDONALD.

We all meet with thorns and briars in the pathway of life. We are liable to be disappointed, fretted, or saddened, and to see more or less of strange things and trying occurrences, and providences that sorely task our faith and trust, as we journey onward. To keep right with ourselves and with God in them all, we need a full supply of the rare virtue that can always both say and feel, "God is wiser than I!"

God's ways seem dark; but, soon or late

They touch the shining hills of day;

The evil cannot brook delay;

The good can well afford to wait.

Look forward, then, with faith sublime;

God's future is both grand and great;

The safe appeal of truth to time

Is answered in the heavenly state!