Anxiety reflects upon God, weakens and discourages our souls, and gives Satan an occasion against us. If God is our Father, and if His promises are true, He will provide for and supply us:why then should we be anxious ?

Smooth paths are not always safe paths ; in them we grow careless, selfish, and proud ; then a fall or an affliction has to follow. It is the rough road that makes us cautious, prayerful, and dependent on God; then we are safe.

Nature shudders at the thought of being thrown only and wholly upon God, for body and soul, for time and eternity :only grace can make us satisfied with this, and only grace upon grace can make us happy in it.