"I Have Chosen Thee in the Furnace of
Affliction."
Y I*B, 'Us Thy will—unerring, wine;
And thou, raethinkH, dost say,
"To prove thy love and faithfulness
They joys 1 take away.
"But not in anger, not caprice,
Do 1 thy plans uproot;
The branches of the Vine I prune
That they may yield more fruit.
"Though in the furnace, 1 am by
To watch with utmost care;
The gold to purge and purify,
And stamp Mine image there.
"1 have thine hand, thou need'st not fear
Upon the flame to tread;
Wilt thou not suffer for Me here
If 1 sustain thy hand?"
Ah! yes, dear Lord, if Thy strong arm
Be round about me cvst,
1 will not fear the flood nor flame,
For Thou wilt hold me fast.
Clasp me to Thine own tender breast,
And mercy's story tell;
Then will my spirit have sweet rest,
And I shall Thee well-
J could not—weary and alone—
Biffs suffering pathway take;
But, with Thy gracious presence shown.
I'll bear it for Thy sake.
With Thine own hand present the cup
Thou hast prepared for me;
And, leaning , 1 will drink it up,
The sweetest that can be!
Blest Lord! it is Thy precious love
Which lightens every cart;
Which sheds bright sunchine on the path,
Of sorrow everywhere;
Which measures every drop of woe ;
The art, the cure, divine;
Oh, well may all my bosom glow,
If Love and heaven be mine!
J. P. C.
The Still Hour.
Why lieest thou from solitude? Why
dost thou shim the lonely hour? Why
passeth thy life away, like the feast of a
drunkard? Why is it, that to many of
you there cometh not, through the whole
course of the week, a single hour for self
meditation? You go through life like
dreaming men. Ever among mankind,
and never with yourselves. Lo, my
brother, if thou wouldst seek out the still
hour , only a single one every day, and if
thou wouldst meditate on the love which
called thee into being, which hath over
shadowed thee all the days of thy life with
blessing, or else by mournful experience
hath admonished and corrected thee; this
would be to draw near to thy God. Thus
wouldst thou take lliiu by the hand. But
whenever, in ceaseless dissipation of
heart, thou goest astray, the sea of the
Divine blessing shall surround thee on all
sides, and yet thy soul shall be athirst.
Wilt thou draw near to God? * * *
Then seek the still Hour. — Tholurk.
What doth superfluous drink add to a
man? They that take of alcoholic drink
know not. It is an evil desire. It puf
fetli a man for a time, but doth him no
good at last. It warmeth his stomach
and deceiveth his brain, but at last it
leaveth him dry. It maketh him silly
and wanton. Then he kuovvth not where
he gocth or what he doth He loscth
himself and doth evil.
Oh! they that sup and are temperate
are the brothers of them that drink too
much. One man is strong and another is
not, bnt an evil custom hurteth the weak
at all times.
What doth it profit a man to chevr a
poisonous thing that he might spit, or to
draw smoke into his mouth that lie may
puff it out again? Is the brain lacking,
that it requireth something more than
food and natural drink? Is he sick,
or aroused that he must be soothed? He
pulluteth his breath and knoweth it not.
His clothing is unswect, and he forceth it
upon us when he cometh. He liketh it
himself, or hath become insensible of its
nnsweetoess. These also are evil desires,
and he doth as he doth without reason. If
he must do so because he hath done so
for a long time, he is a slave and not a
strong man. W. J). K.
As to religious reading J am more than
ever delighted with the four Gospels. I
like daily to read something that our
blessed SaN iour said, or did, or suffered
whilst on earth. There are four things
remarkably noticeable in Ilis character;
majesty and meekness, power and gentle
ness. The greatest man on hearth is he
who is most humble. An old hyrn speak
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was upon earth has this line.
"Mark the lowest, that is He." .
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