"[...]He could easily leave me destitute--apart from
Him, I must go hungry and thirsty, a beggar and in rags. All to Him I owe! Do I
praise Him for His bounty as I ought?
The daily bread is to be received in
faith. Morning by
morning the men of Israel gathered the manna. My Lord would prove
me, by keeping me a perpetual pensioner on His charity,
and a continual guest at His table. I
can never be self-sufficient. I never
can walk alone. I am taught to cling and trust--to look up and
wait in hope.
[...] I cannot thrive on the grace of yesterday, as nourishing
and ample as that was for yesterday's need. I am dependent on God
hour after hour, and minute after minute, for . . .
fresh grace,
fresh wisdom,
fresh peace to garrison my heart and mind,
fresh strength to
overcome the world, the flesh and the devil."
-Grace Gems, Alexander
Smellie
"The
Secret Place" 1907
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