Streams in the Desert

"He brought me forth also into a large place; he de¬ livered me; because he delighted in me"(Psa. 18:19.) ND what is this"large place"? What can it be but God Himself, that infinite Being in whom all other beings and all other streams of life terminate? God is a large place indeed. And it was through humilia¬ tion, through abasement, through nothingness that David was brought into it.— Madame Guy on.

"I bare you on eagle's wings, and brought you unto myself (Exod. 19:4.) Fearing to launch on"full surrender's u tide, I asked the Lord where would its waters glide My little bark,"To troubled seas I dread?"

"Unto Myself,"He said. Weeping beside an open grave I stood, In bitterness of soul I cried to God:"Where leads this path of sorrow that I tread?"u Unto Myself,"He said.

Striving for souls, I loved the work too well; Then disappointments came; l could not tell The reason, till He said,"I am thine all; Unto Myself I call."Watching my heroes—those I loved the best — I saw them fail; they could not stand the test, Even by this the Lord, through tears not few, Unto Himself me drew.

Unto Himself! No earthly tongue can tell The bliss I find, since in His heart I dwell; The things that charmed me once seem all as naught; Unto Himself Vm brought.

'—Selected.