"OH, what a blessed thing it is to lose one's will! Since I have lost my will, I have found happiness. There can be no such thing as disappointment to me, for I have no desire but that God's will may be accomplished. Christians might avoid much trouble and inconvenience if they would only believe what they profess-that God is able to make them happy without anything else. They imagine that if such a dear friend were to die, or such and such blessings were removed, they should be miserable; whereas God can make them a thousand times happier without them. To mention my own case:God has been depriving me of one blessing after another; but, as every one was removed, He has come in and filled up its place; and now, when I am a cripple, and not able to move, I am happier than ever I was in all my life before, or ever expected to be. And oh, how terrible does it appear to me to sin against this God -to set up our wills in opposition to His! and when we awake in the morning, instead of thinking, ' What shall I do to please my God today ?' to inquire, ' What shall I do to please myself today ?' " PAYSON.

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