the very way in which he sees will be for your best good. Let your prayer be, “Give me that which my soul needs, in order that I may be a faithful sentinel for God.” “Come, now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow, though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Can we not believe the promise of God, and know that he will do for us just what he has promised? We need the vital touch of faith, that we may know that the mercy