The believer knows that God is always wise, and, knowing this, he is confident that there can be no accidents, no mistakes; that nothing can occur which ought not to occur. He can say, ‘If I should lose all I have, it is better that I should lose than have, if God so wills; the worst calamity is the wisest and the kindest thing that could happen to me, if God ordains it.’
“We know that all things work together for good to them that love God.” The believer does not merely hold this as a theory, but he knows it as a matter of fact. So he can in the spirit of true resignation pray, ‘Send me what Thou wilt, my God, so long as it comes from Thee; never came there an ill portion from Thy table to any of Thy children.’
The Origin of the Organic World – Part One