Perfect Submission

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A little deaf-mute at an examination at an institution in London, on being asked, "Who made the world?" immediately wrote: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
He was asked in a similar manner, "Why did Jesus come into the world?" Again the little boy, with a bright smile indicating delight and gratitude, wrote: "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.”
A third question was then asked, evidently to produce the most powerful feelings: "Why were you born deaf and dumb, while I can hear and speak?”
“Never," said an eyewitness, "shall I forget the peace which settled upon his countenance as he took up the pencil and wrote: 'Even so, Father; for so it seemed good in Thy sight.'”
Submission to the will
Of Him who guides me still,
Is surety of His love revealed;
My soul shall rise above
This world in which we move;
I conquer only where I yield.
Not what I wish to be,
Nor where I wish to go,
For who am I that I should choose my way?
The Lord shall choose for me,
'Tis better far I know;
So let Him bid me go, or stay.