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All dropping from the outstretched,
munificent hand of a loving, gracious,
and bountiful Father!
(from Octavius Winslow's "My Times in God's Hand")
Beloved, remember that all our past and all
our coming prosperity, if indeed He shall so
appoint it, is in the hand of God. It is His
wisdom that suggests our plans, it is His
power that guides, and it is His goodness
that makes them successful.
Every flower that blooms in our path,
every smile that gladdens it, every mercy
that bedews it, yes, "Whatever is good
and perfect comes to us from God above..."
Oh! for grace to recognize God in all our mercies!
How much sweeter will be our sweets,
how much more blessed our blessings,
and endeared our endearments, to see
them all dropping from the outstretched,
munificent hand of a loving, gracious,
and bountiful Father!
Oh! for a heart lifted up in holy returns
of love, gratitude and praise!
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