Invisible Harmonies by Macduff

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 3, 1864

Invisible Harmonies.

By Macduff

WE are apt to "limit the Holy One of Israel," and to say, "Some things have worked together for our good." God says, "All things." Joys, sorrows, crosses, losses, prosperity, adversity, health, sickness; the gourd bestowed, and the gourd withered; the cup full, and the cup emptied; the lingering sick-bed, the early grave! Often, indeed, would sight and sense lead us to doubt the reality of the promise. We can see, in many things, scarce a dim reflection of love. Useful lives taken—blossoms prematurely plucked—spiritual props removed—benevolent schemes blown upon. But the apostle does not say, "WE SEE," but "WE KNOW." It is the province of faith to trust God in the dark. The uninitiated and undiscerning cannot understand or explain the revolutions and dependencies of the varied wheels in a complicated machine; but they have confidence in the wisdom of the artificer, that all is designed to work out some great and useful end. Be it ours to write over every mysterious dealing, "This also cometh from the Lord of Hosts, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in working."—Macduff.