One recognizes the hand of one that is known; we do not stop at the circumstances that appear to us mysterious, we refer in them to Him, and all is changed; the heart is softened by it, does not wish it to be otherwise, but the will is not in rebellion, and we are comforted near Him, feeling more than ever that He is, our all. What a precious lesson, what a glorious position! God alone could have placed us there. 87