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C ... VTIOS ."' XD r:XCOURAGEME:s'T. 119
£Tlg Providence. Everyone hag qnestions to
ask n~f:recting the way he shn.ll take, the plans
he shall auopt, awl the respuu::;iLilities he shall
assume, which man can never answer. fl'he
mind need:;; ~omething clearer, stronger, imrer
to lean upon, and that something t,he world
lll)~~ not aITonl. If we lw'u to our d~Hl'est and
best friends, they arc as much at n Im\;, ns onr.
sclyel1. If "•.C commlt t1.c history of other
mcn'~ livc~l 'vc find no solution of our oouLts.
A patl! open:> Oil thil; siue, but whether it iR:l.
pat11 to \'lalk in, or to shun, is more than mor.
tal man ean tell us; and it clo~s on that, but
whetber it closes, to turn nR in another tliree.
tion, or to try our patience, none are wiRe
enough to say. We neeu a rower anovc tu
mark ont our way.
Tllf: nrgew.:y is great, but, thanks to God, it
is not unprovided for. Then) is an nll.dispos.
iug Providence ri::;ing up before us) like tho
Dtar in tlle Ea~t: and if we follow it", direction
we sbaH be led R:'l.fflly in the way. 'Vhat:~
priyilege to be ahle to ues~ry bU