March 27

I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.—Romans 8:18

AS to all the trials and suffering of life, do I bear in mind that they last but for a little while: and that they are all designed by God to work out for me spiritual and eternal good? Do I look away from them to the exceeding and eternal weight of glory laid up for those who, like Christ, are made perfect through suffering? Are my trials sanctified? Are they fitting me for the glory to be revealed to God's children in heaven?

Shall I dictate to the only wise God, my Saviour, what sort of discipline he ought to adopt in training me up for my purchased inheritance of glory?—H. KIRKE WHITE.

Bear thy cross, and stand faithful to God, and then he will give thee a crown of everlasting glory that shall not be taken away. There is no other way which shall prosper than that in which holy men of old walked.—WM. PENN.

And thus by ways not understood, Out of each dark vicissitude, God brings us compensating good; And faith is perfected by fears, And souls renew their youth with years, And love looks into heaven through tears.

—CART.