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from Him this truth, this assurance, chat He has once and for ever made us His own, that He loves us as His own and that whatever He loves once He loves for ever. And our sole duty and responsibility lies in trusting in Him and in saying, not with surtendered will alone, but with deep confidence and vivid hope, "Thy will be done ! For Thy will shall ever work our weal, our joy! " Bles3ed be our God, the living God, the enduring God, the eternal God, that He has even unto us— mere ephemeral, insignificant creatures — even unto us revealed this hope and brought unto our hearts this assurance !
ARADHANA AND PRARDHANA.
O Thou God of Truth ! How we have, time and again, lightly and idly uttered the solemn word 'Truth' but failed to feel how Truth is Thy name, how Truth is Thine own self, how Truth alone is our dear and honoured idea, conception and hope of Thy reality, Thy eternal permanence, Thy everlasting embrace, Thy ever-living witness and guidance ! 'Truth
