{":Behind His Promises:"}

THE GOD WHO IS BEHIND HIS PROMISES

AND IS INFINITELY GREATER THAN HIS PROMISES,

CAN NEVER FAIL US IN ANY EMERGENCY,

AND THE SOUL THAT IS STAYED ON HIM

CANNOT KNOW ANYTHING BUT PERFECT PEACE.

THE LITTLE CHILD DOES NOT ALWAYS UNDERSTAND

ITS MOTHER'S PROMISES,

BUT IT KNOWS ITS MOTHER,

AND ITS CHILDLIKE TRUST IS FOUNDED NOT ON HER WORD,

BUT UPON HERSELF.

AND JUST SO IT IS WITH US. . .

THERE MAY NOT BE A PRAYER ANSWERED OR A PROMISE FULFILLED TO OUR OWN CONSCIOUSNESS,

BUT WHAT OF THAT?

BEHIND THE PRAYERS AND BEHIND THE PROMISES,

THERE IS GOD, AND HE IS ENOUGH.

AND TO SUCH A SOUL THE SIMPLE WORDS,

GOD IS,

ANSWER EVERY QUESTION AND SOLVE EVERY DOUBT.

-HANNAH WHITALL SMITH {1832-1911}