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A HYM
O Love Divine, that s
Our sharpest pang,
On Thee we east eacl
We smile at pain w
Though long the wea
And sorrow crown
No path we shun, no
Our hearts still w]
When drooping pleasi
And trembling faith
The murmuring wind,
Shall softly tell us,
On Thee we fling out
O Love Divine, for*
Content to suffer whil
Living and dying, T
THE MINIS']
By
A reason for the exist
row in this present worl
have advanced very far
that these, when they <
to the divine life and
unquestionably a part c
may not understand, bu
God may be made mani
* God made a very bear
best in it is for us. He
man's hands. He presei
ment.
Our ultimate end is to
He grants us here the g
-and participation which
and has so constituted i
is found only in Himse
When disappointment
embitter our cup?we ?
hands to touch the ham
them not, we no longer
see the dear forms; the
distinctions we once enj
friend, but the fire has
chair is empty and we ;
We are overwhelmed
fail. When our loved on
and wealth vanishes?th
grief hides the sun.
But God sent the sorrc
both are profitable to us
have trouble and sorrov
and hardships, we shou
prayer, then we shall j
nearer to Him; whateve
and seek greater grace
much they may be disj
higher plane of life and
tears a day may bring,
strength, shall bring foi
fruit of righteousness.
THE PRESBYTERIA1
[ and Selections
N OF TRUST.
stoops to share
our bitterest tear,
ti earth-born care,
hile Thou art near!
ry way we tread,
each lingering year,
darkness dread
bispering, Thou art near!
ire turns to grief,
, is changed to fear,
the quivering leaf,
Thou art near!
burdening woe,
sver dear,
le we know,
'hou art near!
?Oliver Wendell Holmes.
TRY OF SORROW.
Ellsworth.
ence of grief and pain and sord
is often sought. Those who
in Christian experience realize
:ome, may be made profitable
Christian progress. They are
if God's plan for us, why?we
t, certainly, "that the works of
ifest in us."
itiful world for our abode. The
: hath given its kingdoms into
rves it for our uses and cnjoyi
share in His future glory, and
pft of fellowship with Himself
no other creature possesses,
is that our highest satisfaction
If.
and sorrow come to us and
isk why? We reach out our
is of loved ones and we find
" hear the familiar veicoe
luxury, the wealth, the proud
joyed are gone. We seek our
gone out on the hearth. The
ire left alone.
with sorrow when our friends
es depart, when health declines
e heart gropes in darkness and
>w as He sent the sunshine and
in the discipline of life. If we
r; if we have disappointments
Id take them to the Lord in
find that whatever brings us
r calls us to our knees to find
die iruiy Diessings, nowever
?uised, and shall lift us to a
I power. Whatever grief and
if submissively borne in His
rth in our lives the peaceable
M OF THE SOUTH.
We may think that we can
which threaten us, we shrink fi
waters?but the path lies stra
shadows. We may not linger
passed yesterday and will pass
us be brave, and if we must sui
If we must drink the bitter cup
fully as did Socrates. We mu
faith in God who gives courage
Mad. Guyon says, "Great tria
souls," and conversely, we ma
great only through the disciplir
submissively, patiently borne t
who gives us strength, and bca
grow through afflictions, throu
fice.
Whatever sorrow is over
ours, save only as a memory ai
ing to a new and higher exp
leaves its chrysalis empty and u
away through the pure air of 1
our spiritual, like our natural 1
velopment. We must ever ad\
ward," forgetting the things tha
no rifllt tr? rliinr t/-. -....I ~
-0 t.^ IUJ3 clliu SUI I I
to live in the shadow of yesterd
ness, dry the tears and take th<
and duty and promise.
Amid the sorrows of life, at
in God is the only source of sen
God waits to be gracious, to l>
prayer. Prayer is the one cons
child and the one constant n
comes the unwavering courage
ration which enables us to pers
regardless of the thorns and d<
of life.
The assurance "that we can
follow the leadings of the Holy
the source of our confidence, con
enables us to rise above the bi
rience whatever may be its souri
er is the source of strength wl
this victory.
Saint Paul had a wonderful
to the Philippians that the tru
him had proved to be "for the
pel," and what was true in his c<
Before us lie the mountains o
privilege, the realm of opportv
quest and faith in God is the kt
faith we endure and in the end i
pense of reward. The fruition <
dantly reward us for all the toi
we suffer here. It almost st o rrr
?
and peace shall be the fruition
sorrow, but, it is true, when s
and grief pierces deepest,
"Then soul of min
Look up and trium
for lo, faith grants a glimpse of
revealed by and by.
"A little while"?how affrrti
from the lips of our Saviour?onl
April 6, igio.
not meet certain trials
om them as from deep
ight on through the
in today, it passes as
tomorrow, therefore let
Tcr, let us suffer nobly.
?let us drink it cheerst
face the future with
. strength and patience.
Is come only to great
ly add, Souls become
ic of great trials?trials
ring us nearer to God
uty and so we grow,?
gh loss, through sacriand
past is no longer
id a source of awakenerience.
The butterfly
seless behind as it soars
heaven. So the law of
ife is progress, and deance
"onward and upt
are behind. We have
ow after they are past?
ay?but let go the sade
new day with its joy
1 abounding confidence
enity and peace of soul,
estow peace, to answer
itant privilege of God's
lecessity. Through it
and heaven-born inspiist
in the path of duty
'pressing circumstances
lay aside all fears and
Spirit with serenity is
rage and strength. This
tterness of our experi:e.
The source of powhich
enables us to win
vision when he wrote
ils which had come to
furtherance of the gosise
may be true in ours,
f promise, the land of
inity, the field of consy
to the kingdom. By
t bringeth great recom:>f
our faith shall abunil
and pain and sorrow
jers our belief that joy
of grief and pain and
sorrow presses hardest
e,
ph rather,"
the glory that shall be
onately the words fell
ly a little while have we