Invisible Harmonies

““We know that all things work together for good to thera that love God, to them who are the called according to hia purpose.” — EoM. viii. 23.

We are apt to “limit the Holy One of Israel,” and to say, ‘Some things have worked together for our good.’ God says, things!” Joys, sorrows, crosses, losses, prosperity, adversity, health, sickness; the gourd bestowed, and the gourd withered; the cup full, and the cup emptied; the lingering sick-bed, the early grave I

Often, indeed, would sight and sense lead ua to doubt the reality of the promise. We can see, in many things, scarce a dim reflection of love. Useful lives taken — blossoms prematurely plucked — spiritual props removed — benevolent schemes blown upon. But the apostle does not say, “We see,” but “We know.”

It is the province of faith to trust God in the dark. The UDinitiated and undiscerning can cot understand or explain the revolutions and dependencies of the varied wheels in a complicated machine; but they have confidence in the wisdom of the Artificer, that all is designed to “work out” some great and useful end.

Be it ours to write over every mysterious dealing, “This also cometh from the Lord of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in working J’’ Let us “be still and know that He is God.” “We have a wonderful advertisement of a Physician from the Spirit of Truth,” says Lady Powerscourt, “luho healeth MAj thy diseases. ‘’’’ .... “He requires but one thing, to take all He has prescribed, bitter as well as sweet 1” He will yet vindicate His own rectitude and faithfulness in our trials; our own souls will be made the better for them; He himself will be glorified in them. “Doubt not my love,” He seems to say; “the day is coming when you shall have all mysteries explained, all secrets unravelled, and this very trial demonstrated to be one of the ’ all things’ working together for your good, ‘Men see not the bright light in the clouds,’ but it shall come to pass that at evening time it shall he LIGHT!’”