The paths of the Lord? My soul! never follow thine own paths. If thou dost so, thou wilt be in danger often of following sight rather than faith,--choosing the evil, and refusing the good. But "commit thy way unto the Lord, and He shall bring it to pass." Let this be thy prayer, "Show me _Thy_ ways, O Lord; teach me _Thy_ paths." Oh! for Caleb's spirit, "_wholly_ to follow the Lord my God,"--to follow Him when self must be sacrificed, and hardship must be borne, and trials await me. To "walk with God,"--to ask in simple faith, "What wouldst thou have me to do?"--to have no will of my own, save this, that God's will is to be _my_ will. Here is safety,--here is happiness. Fearlessly follow the Guiding Pillar. He will lead you by a _right_ way, though it may be by a way of hardship, and crosses, and losses, and privations, to the city of habitation. Oh! the blessedness of thus lying passive in the hands of God; saying, "Undertake thou for me!"--dwelling with holy gratitude on past mercies and interpositions--taking these as pledges of future faithfulness and love--hearing His voice behind us, amid life's manifold perplexities, exclaiming, "This is the way, walk ye in it!" "Happy," surely, "are every people who are in such a case!" Happy, Reader! will it be for thee, if thou canst form the resolve in a strength greater than thine own: "This God shall be _my_ God for ever and ever; He shall be my _Guide_ even unto death!" "REMEMBER _THIS_ WORD UNTO THY SERVANT, UPON WHICH THOU HAST CAUSED ME TO HOPE!" 15TH DAY. "He is Faithful that Promised." "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten."--REV. iii. 19. Love in Chastisement.