Chapter M: A. Kelty

Let not future things disturb thee, for thou wilt come to them, if it shall be necessary, having with thee the same reason which thou now usest for present things.

MARCUS ANTONINUS.

October 5

_Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not_.--ISA. xxxv. 4.

Why shouldst them fill to-day with sorrow
About to-morrow,
My heart?
One watches all with care most true,
Doubt not that He will give thee too
Thy part.

PAUL FLEMMING.

The crosses which we make for ourselves by a restless anxiety as to the future, are not crosses which come from God. We show want of faith in Him by our false wisdom, wishing to forestall His arrangements, and struggling to supplement His Providence by our own providence. The future is not yet ours; perhaps it never will be. If it comes, it may come wholly different from what we have foreseen. Let us shut our eyes, then, to that which God hides from us, and keeps in reserve in the treasures of His deep counsels. Let us worship without seeing; let us be silent; let us abide in peace.

FRANÇOIS DE LA MOTHE FÉNELON.

October 6

_I had fainted, unless I bad believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living_--PS. xxvii. 13.

_I will surely do thee good_.--GEN. xxxii. 12.

Thou know'st not what is good for thee,
But God doth know,--
Let Him thy strong reliance be,
And rest thee so.