The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

38 THE ?OUNG lady's COUNSELLOR.
love, joy and hope, in all their beauty : the stow
of passion arise not in His presence. The visible
world, gilded by the rays of His glory, can be really
and innocently enjoyed, because
he brings the internal
facuhies into harmony with external things.
The relations of social life can be enjoyed ; theii
duties performed with efficiency and pleasure. The
future is invested with grandeur and glor}^ All the
interests of life are felt to be safe, for they are in the
keeping of God, — of God not afar off in clouds and
darkness, but of God abiding in perpetual spiritual
manifestation within the breast. The beautiful
ideal of the Grecian mythology, concerning the goddess
whose soft and delicate tread caused the green
herb and lovely flower to spring up on the island of
Cyprus, becomes a literal fact in the experience of .^
christian lady ; for, in whatever soul God enters a
welcomed guest, every lovely plant springs up, and
every beauteous flower grows with divine fertility.
He is "a well of water springing up into eternal
lifer
Can you conceive of any calamity more appalling