(Isa. 38:IS.) "Be still, and know that I am God" (Psa. 46:10).

"Himself hath done it"-not in wrath, but love,
Our deepest sorrows, as our joys, are sent.
'Above earth-born cloud the sun shines bright above,
And to faith's eye the darkest cloud is rent.

"Himself hath done it." Here the heart can rest;
Eternal love has marked out all the way.
"The way He taketh" must be always best;
The darksome night shall end in perfect day.

"Be still," lean hard, dismiss thy fear,
Remember, "I am God"-there's none beside.
Father, attent my trembling heart would hear,
And near Thy loving heart would e'er abide.

"Himself hath done it!" What a burst of praise
Shall fill those courts of everlasting light!
Passed the long night, with Him through endless days,
Hope's glad fruition, and faith changed to sight!

J. W. H. N.