. For the best things. en our best. But letus remember that if the friendship of Christis in our hearts, it is not we alone, but Christand we, who do the work. Inspired by thisfriendship, even the smallest things we do ifthey are the best we can do, will be beautifulin heavens sight and will be accepted. [159] W\^V l^ot OBe CtouWeD ? [161] ^ Still on the lips of all we question, The finger of God^s silence lies;Will the lost hands in ours be folded^ Will the shut eyelids ever risefO friend, no proof beyond this yearning, This outreach of our hearts, we need;God will not mock the hope he giveth
. For the best things. en our best. But letus remember that if the friendship of Christis in our hearts, it is not we alone, but Christand we, who do the work. Inspired by thisfriendship, even the smallest things we do ifthey are the best we can do, will be beautifulin heavens sight and will be accepted. [159] W\^V l^ot OBe CtouWeD ? [161] ^ Still on the lips of all we question, The finger of God^s silence lies;Will the lost hands in ours be folded^ Will the shut eyelids ever risefO friend, no proof beyond this yearning, This outreach of our hearts, we need;God will not mock the hope he giveth, No love he prompts shall vainly let us stretch our hands in darkness, And call our loved ones oer and oer;Some day their arms will close about us. And the old voices speak once moreJ^ ^ Thank God for friends your life has known. For every dear, departed day;The blessed past is safe alone— God gives y but does not take away;He only safely keeps aboveFor us the treasures that we love,* [162] CHAPTER TWELVE. EXT to the little Twenty-third Psalm, the four-teenth chapter of Gospel is, no doubt,the best known and bestloved portion of the is a chapter of comfort. The sick love it,for there is a music in it which soothes painand suffering. The dying love it, for it hasits revealings of the life into which they arepassing. The bereft love it, for it opens win-dows into heaven, and gives them glimpsesof the blessed life of those who have gone tobe at home in the Fathers friends were in great sorrow, sorrowwhich seemed inconsolable. Yet their Mas-ters first word to them was, Let not yourheart be troubled. This seemed a strangeword to say to them that night. How couldthey help being troubled in such experiences[163] as theirs ? Think of all Jesus had grown to beto them. For three years they had been mem-bers of his personal family, enjoying themost intimate relations with him. How mucha friend can be to us in our life depends onthe friend. If
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