"I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for He will speak peace unto His people." -PS. lxxxv. 8.
THERE is a voice, 'a still, small voice' of love,
Heard from above;
ut not amidst th din of earthly sounds,
Which here confounds;
By those withdrawn part it best is heard,
And peace, sweet peace, breathes in each gentle word.
-ANONYMOUS
HE speaketh, but it is with us to hearken or no. It is much, yea, it is everything, not to turn away the ear, to be willing to hearken, not to drown His voie. 'The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him.' It is a secret, hushed voice, a gentle intercourse with heart to heart, a still, small voice, whispering to the inner ear. How should we hear it, if we fill our ears and or hearts with the din of this world, its empty tumult, its excitement, is fretting vanities, or cares, or passions, or anxieties, or show, or rivalries, and its whirl of emptinesses?
-E. B. PUSEY
