life to come.

Yes, my dear friends, this is the true philosophy, the philosophy which
Christ preaches to us all--to old and young, rich and poor, ploughman and
scholar, maid, wife, and widow, all alike.

Fret not. Plot not. Look not too far ahead.

Fret not--lest you lose temper, and be moved to do evil. Plot not--lest
you lose faith in God, and be moved to be dishonest. Look not too far
ahead--So far only, as to keep yourselves out of open and certain danger-
-lest you see what is coming before you are ready for the sight. If we
foresaw the troubles which may be coming, perhaps it would break our
hearts; and if we foresaw the happiness which is coming, perhaps it would
turn our heads. Let us not meddle with the future, and matters which are
too high for us, but refrain our souls, and keep them low, like little
children, content with the day's food, and the day's schooling, and the
day's play-hours, sure that the Divine Master knows that all is right,
and how to train us, and whither to lead us, though we know not, and need
not know, save this--that the path by which He is leading each of us--if
we will but obey and follow, step by step--leads up to Everlasting Life.



SERMON XL. THE LESSON OF LIFE



Fifth Sunday in Lent.