Thy Will Be Done

February 23.

Let the Lord do that which is good in His sight.

1 CHRONICLES 19, verse 13.


Let Thy mercy O Lord, be upon us,
according as we hope in Thee.

PSALM 33, verse 22.


I cannot feel
That all is well,
when darkening clouds conceal
The shining sun;
But then, I know
He lives and loves;
and say, since it is so,
Thy will be done.

S. G. BROWNING.


No felt evil or defect becomes divine until
it is inevitable; and only when resistence to
it is exhausted and hope has fled, does surrender
cease to be premature. The hardness of our task
lies here; that we have to strive against the
grievous things of life, while hope remains, as
if they were evil; and then, when the stroke
has fallen, to accept them from the hand
of God, and doubt not they are good. But to the
loving, trusting heart, all things are possible;
and even this instant change, from overstrained
will to sorrowful repose, from fullest resistance
to complete surrender is realized without convulsion.

J. MARTINEAU.