. The gate beautiful. and wants you to be. Do not disap-point God. Some people do. His thought forthem is beauty, love, obedience, holiness,[228 ] ©oesi (Boti Care? glory, and at the end they bring him nothingbut sin, marring, ruin. They reject hishigher way for them and insist on havingtheir own. And the end is disaster, not goodor blessing. [229] C^ou ^]^alt ISnotD J^et:eafter [ 231 ] * Home ! the safe and blissful shelter where is glad and fvUcontent,And companionship of kindred; and the treasures early rentFrom your holding shall be given back more precious than , you will not min
. The gate beautiful. and wants you to be. Do not disap-point God. Some people do. His thought forthem is beauty, love, obedience, holiness,[228 ] ©oesi (Boti Care? glory, and at the end they bring him nothingbut sin, marring, ruin. They reject hishigher way for them and insist on havingtheir own. And the end is disaster, not goodor blessing. [229] C^ou ^]^alt ISnotD J^et:eafter [ 231 ] * Home ! the safe and blissful shelter where is glad and fvUcontent,And companionship of kindred; and the treasures early rentFrom your holding shall be given back more precious than , you will not mind the journey with such blessednessin store,When the road leads home. tOh, you will not mind the roughness nor the steepness ofthe way,Nor the chill, unrested morning, nor the drearness of the day ;And you will not take a turning to the left or to the right,But go straight ahead, nor tremble at the coming of thenight,For the road leads home.* [ 232 ] CHAPTER SEVENTEENTH Cl^ott ^l^alt fenotD J^ereafter > Iv^ : ETER drew up his feetwhen Jesus was about towash them and said, Lord,dost thou wash mj feet ? He could not bear to havethose blessed hands on hisfeet. Jesus insisted, however, and said, What I do thou knowest not now; but thoushalt understand hereafter. There was apurpose in what he was doing which Petercould not understand. Still he should acceptthe service without question, and sometimethe reason would appear. These words are always on Christs Hps as hecomes to us in our anxieties, our perplexitiesover the mysteries of life, our sorrows anddisappointments. What I am doing you donot now understand. It seems to you unneces-sary, perhaps even severe and unkind. Youcannot see goodness and love jn jt. You caa-[233] Ci^e (Kate Beautiful not conceive how it ever can prove to haveblessing in it for you. But wait—some dayyou will understand. Then you will find thatthis strange, hard thing is really full oflove. We cannot understand all that God could we? Cons
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