A Birthday-Greeting To My Father

‘Tis fully known to ONE, by us yet dimly seen,
The blessing thou HAST BEEN;

‘Tis fully known to ONE, by us yet dimly seen,
The blessing thou HAST BEEN;
Yet speaks the silent love of many a mourning heart
The blessing that thou ART;
While traced on coming years, in faith and hope we see.
“A blessing thou SHALT BE;”
Then here in holy labor, there in holier rest,
BLESSING, thou SHALT BE BLESSED.

1860

Frances Havergal