. The gate beautiful. fleeing toGod himself. ^ How shall I quiet my heart? How shall I keep it still?How shall I hush its tremulous start at tidings of good or ill ?How shall I gather and hold contentment and peace and rest,Wrapping their sweetness, fold on fold, over my troubled breast ? The Spirit of God is still, and gentle and mild and sweet;What time his omnipotent, glorious will guideth the worlds at his feet,Controlling all lesser things, this turbulent heart of mineHe keepeth as under his folded wings in a peace serene, divine. [78] pofntis of ?©epattut:e 75 iOne stitch dropped as the
. The gate beautiful. fleeing toGod himself. ^ How shall I quiet my heart? How shall I keep it still?How shall I hush its tremulous start at tidings of good or ill ?How shall I gather and hold contentment and peace and rest,Wrapping their sweetness, fold on fold, over my troubled breast ? The Spirit of God is still, and gentle and mild and sweet;What time his omnipotent, glorious will guideth the worlds at his feet,Controlling all lesser things, this turbulent heart of mineHe keepeth as under his folded wings in a peace serene, divine. [78] pofntis of ?©epattut:e 75 iOne stitch dropped as the weaver droveHis nimble shuttle to and fro,In and out, beneath, above. Till the pattern seemed to bud and growAs if the fairies had helping been—One small stitch which could scarce be seen;Bui the one stitch dropped pulled the next stitch out,And a weak spot grew in the fabric stout;A nd the perfect pattern was marred for ayeBy the one small stitch that was dropped that day.* [76] CHAPTER SIXTH i^otntjs of j^epamtte. HE way of life is does not wind about. Itdoes not make a zigzagpath. Our experience inpassing through the worldis variable. To-day we havejoy, to-morrow sorrow. Now the road runs inthe sunshine, again it takes us into the pass through a thousand vicissitudesevery year—health, sickness, pleasure, pain,ease, hardness, prosperity, adversit^s gain,loss; but all the while the path of duty is di-rect, straight as an arrows flight. Yet inevery life there are points at which it is easyto depart, when there are strong temptationsto turn aside. There are certain points, too,at which many persons do turn first leaving of home is a time full of dan-^r. Home is a warm sanctuary of love. Es-pecially is a true Christian home a place of[77] W)t dPate Beautiful sacred fellowship. Many of the departuresfrom the right path date from the day whena boy leaves his mother and goes out into theworld, where, henceforth, he will not have herguidance. Goin
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