Volume 64: Emily Macarthur [Mrs. James Macarthur] correspondence and other papers, 1838-1879: No. 405
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[Page 405]
though clouds & darkness surround thy throne, justice & judgement are ever thy dwelling places, - mercy & truth go continually before thy face.
Help me also, O Lord, to be patient & resigned, - not fretting myself because that which I desired has been taken from me, but humbly & meekly submitting myself to the chastisement of thy hand, - knowing that thou canst do only that which is right, - & that there are no seasons of darkness so depressing on which, in thy good time, thou canst not make light to arise. But above all, O Heavenly Father, grant that, if this affliction has been the consequences of any sin or folly which I have committed, I may now humble myself in genuine penitence. Forbid that I should shut my eyes to my own misdeeds, or that I should ever be subject to that hardness of heart which is but strengthened in folly, when thou stretches forth thy hand to [Indecipherable], & which seeks relief rather in its own pride than in devout submission to thy rightious will. May affliction show me more of this frailty, & wilfulness, & evil inclinations that still adhere to me; & may it be my earnest & continued endeavour to free myself from every vice,