SCHOOL DAYS AT ST. MARY'S.

you think He would bid you do it if it were an im-
possibility? Ah no; what is impossible with man is
possible with God, and every sincere Christian can do
it, ay! and must do it, if he would glorify the God
who made and redeemed him. And to one in earnest
everything that happens is seen to be God's will. Is
it a trial that is sent ? A little trial-a delay-some-
thing lost or forgotten-a slight misunderstanding--
an aching head or a weary heart? It is God's will,
and he does not murmur. Is it a duty he has to do-
an irksome duty, which, because it seems so small,
might, he thinks, be done carelessly, hurried over for
something grander and more visible ? It is the will of
God. Is it struggling with the difficulty he finds in
controlling his thoughts, which tempt him to occupy
his mind with trifles when the realities of Christ's
religion are being brought before him ? Is it the
effort to pray with the heart as well as the lips, to sing
praises with the understanding as well as the voice ?
It is the will of God. Is it the smile he might give to
encourage a weaker and desponding brother, or the
few words which might lift a weight of sorrow from
a weary heart ? It is the will of God; and the true
Christian will not be satisfied unless in every single
circumstance of his life he strives to recognize the will
of God either to be done or to be borne. Not with
eye service, not that the world may see and admire;
this is not the service acceptable to God. It is the
hallowing of every trivial ordinary duty by doing it
from a heart full of love and gratitude to God for his
boundless mercies, and earnestly desiring to be devoted
to Him and to set forward his glory in all things.
 And is it too hard? Do the young and light.
hearted shrink from it as a thing melancholy and
difficult and wearisome ? Let them but try it; if they