THIS note was written in 1860. What would the writer think if he were alive today!
“The present is a time of great diversity of judgment and conflict of opinion. Many simple souls do not know what to think or what to do. Various and discordant sounds fall upon the ear, and the sheep are scattered up and down in fear and uncertainty. Still, however, the opened ear may discern the Shepherd’s Voice, and this gives peace in the midst of the terrible confusion.”
The Lord’s Own declaration is the remedy and sure guide: “My sheep hear My voice, and they follow Me.”
“All is of God that is, and is to be;
And God is good. Let this suffice us still,
Resting in childlike trust upon His will,
Who moves to His great ends unthwarted by the ill.”