Solace

The saints were never exacting. Contented with their lot, they never desired anything that was withheld from them. "I have asked," said a holy soul, " for something I thought needful; they have forgotten to answer me, or perhaps would not bestow it. Why need I be disquieted? If it were really necessary, God would quickly provide means to obtain it." How few could enter into this feeling; and yet it is but the echo of Christ's own words: "Your Father in Heaven knoweth that ye have need of all these things."