by Him; do not hinder His hand, He knows what He is doing; be content not only when He strokes you, but also when He employs the lancet."
SATURDAY.
Call of St. Paul.
I. "And Saul as yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord " (Acts ix. i), made every exertion to destroy the infant Church. Ponder the infinite mercy of God, in regard to Saul. He was employed in persecuting the faithful, and crushing the rising Spirit of Christianity, when our Lord, on the contrary, not seeking revenge, but "thinking thoughts of peace" (Jer. xxix. 11), mercifully prevents him, and brings him to a sense of his duty. In the full career of his persecution, he casts him from his horse, and calls upon him, "Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute Me?" (Acts ix. 6.) Learn to reverence Christ in your neighbors, and remember that injuries done to them are done to Christ Himself.
II. "Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?" Ponder his admirable resignation to the Divine will. So you ought to resign yourself to the Divine will, and to offer up your prayers to Him. You ought to be ready for His every dispensation, and do all you can to know His will in all things. When you have discovered it, no earthly consideration whatsoever ought to prevent you from putting it into execution.
III. " Arise, and go into the city, and there it shall be told thee, what thou must do." Although our Lord, in a miraculous manner, prostrated Saul on the ground, yet He would not instruct him Himself, but sent him to
