December 30

Trust ye in the Lord for ever; for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.—Isaiah 26:4.

IS all my trust for time and eternity quietly reposed on God? Do I trust his word to instruct, his providence to guide, his Son to redeem, his Spirit to sanctify, his grace to save me? Do I cast my cares on him, and rest my hopes on his promises, and leave all my earthly interests in his hands, and commit my soul to him, in well doing, as to a faithful Creator and Redeemer? Do I feel that I am for ever safe, trusting my all to him?

I was thinking this morning of an expression of Rutherford's which I feel is the burden of my song:—"I lay my head on the bosom of Omnipotence." While I can keep hold of this, it will be for me a fine day, whether it rains, or hails, or shines.—R. CECIL.

To make our reliance on Providence both pious and rational, we should prepare all things with the same care and diligence as if there were no such thing as Providence to depend upon; and then we should as wholly and humbly rely upon it, as if we had made no preparation at all, for if we trust God we may be sure of all that Omnipotence can do for us.—SOUTH.

Trust in a prince, his word may fail; In friends, they soon shall die; In health and wealth, the world's regard, Alas! how soon they fly! Trust thine own heart, 'tis faithless all; Thy life, 'tis insecure; But he that trusteth in the Lord, For ever shall endure!