I CANNOT lose Thee Still in Thee abiding,
The end is clear, how wide soe'er I roam;
The Hand that holds the worlds my steps is guiding,
And I must rest at last in Thee, my home.
-E. SCUDDER
HOW can we come to perceive this direct leading of God? By a careful looking at home, and abiding within the gates of thy own soul. Therefore, let a man be at home in his own heart, and cease of his restless chase of and search after outward things. If he is thus at home while on earth, he will surely come to see what there is to do at home, -what God commands him inwardly without means, and also outwardly by the help of means; and then let him surrender himself and follow God along whatever path his loving Lord thinks fit to lead him: whatever it be to contemplation, or action, to usefulness or enjoyment; whether in sorrow or in joy, let him follow on. And if God do not give him thus to feel His hand in all things, let him still simply yield himself up, and go without, for God's sake, out of love, and still press forward.
J. TAULER
