Comforting

1905

A lady was awakened one morning by a strange noise of pecking at the window, when she saw a butterfly flying backwards and forwards inside the window, in a great fright, because outside there was a sparrow pecking at the glass, wanting to reach the butterfly. The butterfly did not see the glass, but it saw the sparrow, and evidently expected every moment to be caught. Neither did the sparrow see the glass, though it saw the butterfly, and made sure of catching it. But all the while the butterfly, because of that thin, invisible sheet of glass, was actually as safe as if it had been miles away from the sparrow. It is when we forget our Protector that our hearts fail us.

Elisha's servant was in great fear when he awoke in the morning and saw the city of Dothan encompassed with horses and chariots and a great host: but when his eyes were opened at the prayer of the prophet, his fears vanished, for he beheld the mountain full of horses and chariots of fire.

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusted in Thee." "The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth, and even for evermore." — Selected.


No one who has not tried it would believe how many difficulties are cleared out of a man's road by the simple act of trying to follow Christ. — ALEXANDER MACLAREN.

—The Young Churchman, Milwaukee, May 7, 1905, p. 2.