In His Majesty's Service

January 14.

Thy servants are ready to do
whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.

2 SAMUEL 15, verse 15.


I love to think that God appoints
My portion day by day;
Events of life are in His hand,
And I would only say,
Appoint them in Thine own good time,
And in Thine own best way.

A. L. WARING.


If we are really, and always, and equally ready
to do whatsoever the King appoints, all the
trials and vexations arising from any change
in His appointments, great or small, simply
do not exist. If He appoints me to work there,
shall I lament that I am not to work here?
If He appoints me to wait in-doors to-day,
am I to be annoyed because I am not to
work out-of-doors? If I meant to write His
messages this morning, shall I grumble because
He sends interrupting visitors, rich or poor, to
whom I am to speak them, or "show kindness"
for His sake, or at least obey His command,
"Be courteous?" If all my members are really
at His disposal, why should I be put out if to-day's
appointment is some simple work for my hands
or errands for my feet, instead of some seemingly
more important doing of head or tongue?

F. R. HAVERGAL.