II. The Safe Hands Which Keep The Future.

The Father hath put in His own power.' We have not to depend upon an impersonal Fate; nor upon a wild whirl of Chance; nor upon laws of averages,' natural laws,' tendencies' and spirit of the age'; nor even on a theistic Providence, but upon a Father who holds all things in His own power,' and wields all for us. So will not our way be made right?

Whatever the future may bring, it will be loving, paternal discipline. He shapes it all and keeps it in His hands. Why should we be anxious? That great name of Father' binds Him to tender, wise, disciplinary dealing, and should move us to calm and happy trust.