The Sixteenth of October.

BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING --- Philippians 4:6.

"How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily?" --- Psalm 13:2.

God's Answer: "Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God." --- Philippians 4:6.

"Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him, and he shall sustain thee. He shall never suffer the righeous to be moved." Psalm 37:5; 55:22.

"Thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth." --- Isaiah 25:1.

"Be careful for nothing," is a wall against a thousand troubles. But if we give room to any care and unbelief, it is like a leaven that spreads through all our actions. Therefore, we ought never to despair in our lawful calling, but rely in all things on the good providence and faithfulness of God; firmly believing he will never fail to carry us through the most difficult and intricate circumstances, though there should be ever so little appearance of it in our own eyes.

He that can dash whole worlds to death,
And make them when he please,
He speaks, aand that almighty breath
Fulfils his great decrees.

His very word of grace is strong
As that which built the skies;
The voice that rolls the stars along
Speaks all the promises.

He said, "Let the wide heaven be spread,"
And heaven was stretch'd abroad;
"Abram , I'll be thy God," he said;
And he was Abram's God.

Devotion for October 16