. For the best things. as[276] mootjs anD EojSe^ much of a sacrament as the taking of thebread and the wine. Rehgion always kindleslove. Every time we really look anew uponChrist as our suffering Redeemer, we loveothers more and our sympathies come out ingreater tenderness. [277] ^i^otD jme tl^e pat]^ [279] *// we could see beyond to-day As God can see;If all the clouds should roll away, The shadows flee—Oer present griefs we would not fret,Each sorrow we would soon many joys are waiting yet For you and me. ^^If we could know beyond to-day As God doth know,Why dearest treasures pass
. For the best things. as[276] mootjs anD EojSe^ much of a sacrament as the taking of thebread and the wine. Rehgion always kindleslove. Every time we really look anew uponChrist as our suffering Redeemer, we loveothers more and our sympathies come out ingreater tenderness. [277] ^i^otD jme tl^e pat]^ [279] *// we could see beyond to-day As God can see;If all the clouds should roll away, The shadows flee—Oer present griefs we would not fret,Each sorrow we would soon many joys are waiting yet For you and me. ^^If we could know beyond to-day As God doth know,Why dearest treasures pass away And tears must flow—And why the darkness leads to light,Why dreary paths will soon grow bright!Some day lifes wrongs will be made right Faith tells us so. ^^If we could see, if we could know. We often say!But God in love a veil doth throw Across our way:We cannot see what lies before^And so we cling to him the leads us till this life is oer. Trust and obey. [280] CHAPTER TWENTY ^i^otjj jme t^t i^ati^. HE little prayer is singu-lar— Thou wilt show methe path. Does the greatand glorious God actual-ly give thought to in-dividual human lives? Wecan conceive that he might direct the careerof certain great men, whose lives are of im-portance in the world; but will he show com-mon people the way? Will he guide a poorman or a little child? The Bible teaches thathe will. He feeds the sparrows. He clothesthe lilies. He calls the stars by their the Bible is full of expressions of Godsinterest in individuals. Jesus taught thistruth when he said that the Good Shepherdcalleth his own sheep by name. The Shep-herd Psalm has it, too— The Lord ismy Shepherd; I shall not want. He leadethme. [ 281 ] Let no one think that he is only one of acrowd in Gods thought. Each believer hashis own place, and is cared for just as if hewere the only one. God loves us as individ-uals—he could not really love us in any otherway. He knows always where we are and whatour circumst
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