A Fragment

It seems almost inconceivable that the Eternal God should deign to choose us puny finite creatures to fulfil His will : to serve Him during our brief lifetime here upon this earth. Yet He in His wisdom and goodness has thus ordained it, that the earthen vessel, which contains His treasure, may be the means whereby He can reveal His eternal divine purposes. God has frequently in His dealings with men made use of human instrumentality to accomplish His all-wise designs, not because of any power or wisdom in them, but in their own inability He employs the weak things of this world to confound the mighty. 'Tis only in His marvellous lovingkindness that He has given any revelation of His will, and any grace in us to be obedient thereto. How this thought should incite these hearts of ours to seek to do those things which will give Him pleasure!

The little moment here will soon be past, milestone after milestone we hasten by as we journey on our pilgrim path homeward: Oh for "a heart of wisdom" that we may serve Him faithfully and acceptably, for the wondrous Grace which He has shown towards us!

unknown | Jan 1961
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