So that we cannot any sweet discern,

Let us, in childlike faith, receive with meekness

The needed tonic, and its lessons learn.

And if we cannot even that decipher,

Let us be still, nay, thank him for his care,

Contented that we soon shall know—hereafter—

When we the fullness of his presence share.

—Charlotte Murray.

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THE STEPS OF FAITH