All Thy Children Shall Be Taught of the Lord

December 7.

Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace.

JOB 22, verse 21.


All thy children shall be taught of the Lord;
and great shall be the peace of thy children.

ISAIAH 54, verse 13.


Unite, my roving thoughts, unite
In silence soft and sweet;
And thou, my soul, sit gently down
At thy great Sovereign's feet.

P. DODDRIDGE.


Yes! blessed are those holy hours in which the soul
retires from the world to be alone with God.
God's voice, as Himself, is everywhere. Within and
without, He speaks to our souls, if we would hear.
Only the din of the world, or the tumult of our own
hearts, deafens our inward ear to it. Learn to
commune with Him in stillness, and He, whom thou
hast sought in stillness, will be with thee
when thou goest abroad.

E. B. PUSEY.


The great step and direct path to the fear
and awful reverence of God, is to meditate,
and with a sedate and silent hush to turn the
eyes of the mind inwards; there to seek, and
with a submissive spirit wait at the gates of
Wisdom's temple; and then the Divine Voice
and Distinguishing Power will arise in the light
and centre of a man's self.

THOMAS TRYON.