To be near unto God - pagina 330

and appointment always accompanies us. not what would smile on us this year, but what 77iust happen with us, for the accomplishment of his plan regarding us, determines what the 3'ear will bring. And why it must be so and not otherwise we can not understand now, but we will in the hereafter. He who forgets this has no peace. He who with all his soul enters into the eternal activitj^ of God, rests, whatever comes, in the Father's faithfulness. If within the narrow confines of time we reckon by the day and the week, and the heart turns bitter everj^ time things go wrong and bring nothing but disappointment, we become the prey of uneasiness and gloom. Then complaint becomes unceasing, and the habit of seeing all things black overwhelms us. Then there is no heroism of faith, no inspiration to face destiny and no joy in God. Thousands and thousands spend all their daj's in cold indifference or in hopeless endeavor. They are but a play-ball before the wind of the day and sink far below the dignity of man. Does not the prophet say, Eccles. 3:11 that God hath set eternity in the heart? This but means that God has given us power from amid the whirling time-flakes all around us to lift ourselves up to the sure levels of the eternal. With eternity set in the heart let every child of God bravely face the newly- opening year. He knows that the God whom he worships owns the goings of the age, and therefore disposes and appoints human life purel}^ in accordance with the claims of eternity. He prays that he may have peace and jo3% for the heart craves happiness. But if the year must bring him periods when his plan

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