"I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep; for Thou, Lord, only makes me dwell in safety."
-PS. iv. 8.
"He giveth His beloved sleep." -PS. cxxvii. 2.
HE guides ou feet, He guards our way,
His mornig smiles bless all the day;
He spreads the evening veil, and keeps
The silent hours while Israel sleeps.
-I. WATTS
WE sleep in peace in the arms of God, when we yield ourselves up to His providence, in a delightful consciousnes of His tender mercies; no more restlessuncertainties, no more anxious desires, no more impatience in the place we are in; for it is God who has put us there, and who holds us in His arms. Can we be unsafe where He has placed us?
-FENELON
ONE evening whe Luther saw a little bird perched on a tree, to root there for the night, he said, 'This little bird has had its supper, and now it is getting ready to go to sleep here, quite secure and content, never troubling itself what its food will be, or where its lodging on the morrow. Like David, it "abides under the shadow of the Almighty". It sits on its little twig content, and lets God take care.'
