Things Have Gone Wrong

Things Have Gone Wrong Things have gone wrong, weary pilgrim,But is it sin at your door?Judgment hath heavily fallen.Seek God, His mercy implore. Things have gone wrong, but life’s transient.Heaven awaits further on.Lift up your eyes; He is coming.Rest your hard lot thereupon. Things have gone wrong. Men are watching.Will you victorious be?Will they seek […]

Two Years Ago – Jenny Daniel

Two Years Ago Two years ago? It seems like yesterday That you so quietly, gently slipped away With pipes and tubes attached to a machine A second more! into a different scene! Did angels carry you to God that day? How I had longed to go with on your way But God said “Stay! Keith’s […]

When The Storms of Life are Raging!

When The Storms of Life are Raging! When the storms of life are raging And I cannot see ahead When the path so steep – I tremble To go where God has led! I find in Christ my Saviour The strength needed each day To take the step before me Set by Him on life’s […]

There Is No Better Time

There Is No Better Time There are so many argumentsOf dates and source and rightsThat mingle with this Christmas timeAnd it’s commercial lights. We sometimes miss the chance that PaulHad grabbed so long ago,When he had used the unknown godTo point to God below. So much is wrong, the sceptics claimIn all this celebration,But do […]

Such Were Some of You

Such Were Some of You 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall  not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revellers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And […]

This Modern World

This Modern World It’s tempting in this modern worldTo skim the edge of sin;To seek the world’s approval,Desire her smile to win. It seems so hard to be the oneThat’s always saying NoTo what the world deems reasonable.It aggravated them so. And thus I’m tempted to go downThe lanes that God abhors,While Satan’s music fills […]

Twas Just a Whisper of Satan

Twas Just a Whisper of Satan ‘Twas just a whisper of SatanInto the ears of Eve,Causing her faith to falter,That did her heart deceive. Subtle suggestions from SatanFollow us every day,Making us doubt God’s promise,Crippling us on our way. He’ll undermine God’s power;Question that He could beTrue to His word and faithfulAmidst adversity. Jesus said, […]

We Can’t

We Can’t We can’t force our loved ones to follow God,But we cover them in prayer.Thus our love will rise to the throne of graceAnd meet the Saviour there. We can’t follow feet upon the earthWhen ours have feebler grown,But our prayers run ahead and reach God’s ear Each cry, a heart- rent groan. We can’t […]

A Haunting Melody

A Haunting Melody In the midst of all the clamourThat a Christmas Season brings,There is a haunting melodyThat in the chaos rings. It speaks of God’s compassion,Of His boundless love and grace,A manger with a baby smallTo save the human race. It points to His perfectionAs the chosen Lamb of God,As countless steps are chronicledUpon […]

Voices Keep Calling God’s Children

Voices Keep Calling God’s Children Voices keep calling God’s childrenTo wander from His way.Images keep on appearing,Seeking their will to sway. Does the way seem too stony?Is the path very rough?Does your whole being cry out:“Surely it is too tough ‘”? Do the world’s lights allure you?Have you turned from the plough?Is your light burning […]

I Need Not Fear

I Need Not Fear My feet are dragging forwardWith reluctance, precious Lord,For all the loads of yesteryearUpon my back are poured. Instead of leaning hard on TheeAnd finding strength to faceThe challenges each day will bring,I falter in the race. The enemy is whisperingA darkened future, Lord.Instead of shutting up my ears,I’ve his suggestions stored. […]

Thou, the Answer

Thou, the Answer War and bloodshed, death, despair,Deep, depressive world of care,Sordid darkness, choking night,Sinking downwards without light. Light of Heaven, shine below,Through the darkness send Thy glow.Let the needy world perceiveThou, the answer to their need. Thou, a baby fragile smallCame to give your life, your all.God an infant, can it be,He would leave […]

Let Us Pull Out the Tares

Let Us Pull Out the Tares “Dear Lord, let us pull out the tares,”The eager servants cried.“We can’t accept an alien plant.It should not stay, abide. “We’re very able, Lord, to judge;Those tares identify,Thus let us rip them from the fieldThy crop to purify.” “Wait, wait,” the Master cried, “don’t touchOr pull a single tare.For […]

I Leave This Child With Thee

I Leave This Child With Thee Lord, I leave this child with Thee.His will I do not own.In his frail hands, the vital choice Will he his God disown? But I can follow him in prayer,Surround him with my love,Show him what’s in Thy word, dear Lord,Point him to heaven above. Lord, I must leave this […]

Hannah and Samuel’s Coat

Hannah and Samuel’s Coat Dear Lord, I am working upon a coatFor the child I gave to Thee.How I miss his little feet,Tripping right close to me. Lord, in the stitches is hidden prayerFor the safety of my boy,Knowing that in Thy home, dear Lord,He walks in Thy employ. But there are hidden dangers, Lord,Even […]

The Lord Has Answered Prayer

The Lord Has Answered Prayer Hannah The Lord has mercif’ly answered prayerAnd showered me with love;Turned my weeping into joy,Bent down from heaven above. Once I walked with downcast mien.Now with constant praiseI lift up my face to GodWithin my altered ways. God has mercif’ly answered prayer.Bless His holy name.Let the earth His praises singAnd […]

They Point a Finger at Me

They Point a Finger at Me They point a finger at me, dear Lord,Accusing me of sin,Of saying words I never said,Gone where I ‘ve never been. They point a finger at me, dear Lord,Accuse me of having lied.Ah, see my misery and grief;The tears that I have cried. They point a finger at me, […]

Her Cry

Her Cry No-one understands, dear Lord,My heaviness of soul,The sickness that has crippled me,The yearning for console. No-one understands, dear Lord,My loneliness, despair,As I battle private woes,Not a sign of care. No-one understands, dear Lord,What I crave fulfilled.Human comfort has not onceMy great heart-ache stilled. No-one understands but Thee,Comforter and Friend.Ah, what bliss to find […]

The Load Has Come with Passing Years

The Load Has Come with Passing Years The load has come with passing years;A prayer became a cry.Where e’er I go the burden’s there,‘Midst a depressing sigh. I smile, I laugh within the crowd,My burdens deep within;A heart-ache gnawing at my sideMidst all the clamour, din. But some-one knew and saw my pain.He tenderly stood […]

Laden with Burdens

Laden with Burdens Laden with burdens, men sink in despair.Life is a struggle; they’re burdened with care.Leaden the sky, as they cry out in vain;No-one will answer and deaden the pain. Others with burdens as large as the restFound out the secret, with joy they confessed,“Christ took our burden, He carries our load.Into His arms, […]

Are You a Wandering Pilgrim?

Are You a Wandering Pilgrim? Are you a wandering pilgrim,Lost in the dark land, Despai,rFearing imag’nary tyrantsWho wait to seize you right there? Are you despondent and timid,Fearful to trust in the Lord?Christ’s strength is fully sufficient.On you His strength can be poured. You must not tremble at giants;You must not fear in the throng.God, […]

Dark Clouds Round Daniel

Dark Clouds Round Daniel Dark clouds were gathering ‘round Daniel that day,Hinting that he should depart from God’s way.Should he obey as his life was at risk?Lions that are hungry make dinner quite brisk! Daniel was threatened. Would he compromise,Secretly pray, hid from men’s prying eyes?No, he was faithful; he did as before,Honouring God, though […]

Life and Death

Life and Death Life and death in the tongue’s mighty gripIn a short moment it turns to a whip.Where sweet encouragement is in dire needIt rather breaks down, that sufferers bleed. In a short second a life has been slain,Causing destruction again and again,But in the thoughts which the tongue has put inThere on the […]

The King Desires Your Beauty

The King Desires Your Beauty The King desires your beautyTo spread His loving grace;To radiate His sweetnessThrough you in every place. Submit, Oh kingly daughter,To be His instrument;Your beauty, His endowing,His work to complement. Within, His glorious workingFlows forth to beautifyYour works, your words, your being;Your God to glorify. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest […]

Hearken to Me, Oh Daughter

Hearken to Me, Oh Daughter Hearken to Me, oh daughter.Yes, hear your heavenly king.Forget thy father’s peopleAnd to My being cling. I see in you rare beauty.I long to save your soul,To take you broken vesselAnd make you truly whole. You too, oh erring daughter,Who failed so public’ly,Do not allow the devilTo rob and cripple […]

God’s Mirror

God’s Mirror Why don’t you peep in God’s mirror to-day?See what it shows up. The truth will have sway.See there the blemishes shown from God’s word,So that by looking your conscience is stirred. Selfishness, anger and pride hover there,Marring your image; your beauty impair,For all the blemishes shown in God’s light;Show you that they will […]

My Great Failure

My Great Failure How can I be a witness?How can I be a light?When my great failure hoversNever quite out of sight? No-one can see God’s beautyPast my enormous scar.That failure life o’ershadows;My test’mony doth mar. Don’t let the faults of bygonesRob you of fruit to-day.Don’t let it mar your imageAnd haunt you on life’s […]

When I Look at Peter

When I Look at Peter When I look at Peter,With his failure public’ly,It would seem he neverCould have been a test’mony. After all the PeterThat we read of in God’s wordSwore and denied Jesus,And the gathered crowd heard. Then the eager cockerelHad crowed with lusty lung.Stirring Peter’s conscience;His repentance had begun. Peter was so humbled,As […]

It Is Not

It Is Not It is not where you go to-day,But if it is God’s will,That will allow His wondrous peaceYour very soul to fill. It is not that you’re working hardAnd labouring each day,But whether burdens you absorbI placed upon your way. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

The King Desires My Beauty

The King Desires My Beauty The King desires my beauty.Can this indeed be true?A sinful , fallen creatureWith loveliness endue? He longs to cleanse the sinner;Redeem the fallen soul;Take up the broken pieces;Reform and make them whole. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

Among the Shouting Crowd

Among the Shouting Crowd She lay among the shouting crowd,Condemned, accused, despised;A woman who had stooped so low”Kill her!” the angry cries. And then the Saviour came, drew near.He gazed upon their rage;Read the life book of their lives,Each self righteous page, Bending and writing in the sand.Men did blush for shame.Was it hidden sin […]

Ambassador

Ambassador Ambassador, ambassador,Is that my calling clear?To be a representativeUpon this earthly sphere? My dress, my speech, yes everything,A pointer to God’s will,So that a hunger for His realmThe seeking souls will fill. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

Have You Purposed?

Have You Purposed? Daniel had landed in foreign soil.Heathen would him in their toils embroil.Temptations came to deny the Lord.”Do what we tell you!” their voices roared. We too seem sunk in a world of sin.We can’t escape all its sordid din.At work or school the incessant cry:“Join us, ‘tis nought if you God deny!” […]

Shadrach, Mesach, Abednego

Shadrach, Mesach, Abednego Shadrach, Mesach, Abednego Stood when the others were falling low,Knowing that death was the price they’d payIf they were faithful to God that day. Drums rolled, the cry rang to bend the kneeBefore the image a King’s decree,But they were willing to burn and die,For God they’d honour and not deny. You […]

A Child Ambassador

A Child Ambassador Tiny little girlie in a foreign landIn a household strange so much to understand.Mother, father gone so small alone to be!Can this child be strong enough to be a test’mony? Tiny little girlie you were upright true.Diligent in work. Child, I honour you.Ready to be pointing to your God aboveChild, you led […]

My Protection

My Protection Why did you not heed My call, precious wand’rer,There where you walk ‘neath the judgment of sin?Time and again oft My voice has been callingYou to repentance your soul would I win. But you have left My protection foolhardyYou who were once ‘neath My sheltering wing.See how the elements rage in their fury.I […]

Don’t Push Me from the Nest

Don’t Push Me from the Nest Don’t push me from the nest Where all is safe and sound,For then I’ll plummetTowards the hard, stone ground. I’ll dash against the rocks.I’ll be a crumpled mess,And thus I cling and hold,Refusing Thy request. I feel a rush of wind,As from the nest I fall,Tremulously trustingThat Thou would’st […]

As a Hen

As a Hen The farmyard is a happy scene of noises.The hen, contented, chuckles with her brood.When swift o’erhead dark wings begins to hover,As swift, the hen, alert, doth change her mood. She cries aloud, an urgent stringent warning.She calls and pleads, ”Come right unto my side,”Her wings outstretched to shelter all her chickens,”Come nearer […]

Under His Wings

Under His Wings Oh wind tossed child, bedraggled, weak and weary,Who walks in stubbornness a self-willed path,You cannot meet the tempest that is brewingOr labour through its dreaded aftermath. Why did you leave the shelter of My presence?Why did you scuttle from my sheltering wing?Will you alone face enemy and danger,Or will My call you […]

Though He Slay Me

Though He Slay Me The Christians in the dread arenaFaced death in many different ways.Their bodies torn and cleft asunder,Bestrewed with blood within those days. Yet in the fires, they trusted in the covertOf wings almighty covering them in love.They did not doubt a loving God’s compassion,Though tortured, slain, He ruled above. I too may […]

Child, Are You Laden With Burdens?

Child, Are You Laden With Burdens? Child, are you laden with burdensThat are not sent down by Me?Crippled and failing, you struggle,Losing your bright test’mony. Roll all those burdens upon Me.Seek to do only My will,Don’t let unnecessary pressureYour life o’erwhelmingly fill. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

Can Thy Word Still Be Fulfilled

Can Thy Word Still Be Fulfilled Oh can Thy word still be fulfilled?With fear my courage has been stilled.I cannot hope I cannot seeHow thou canst make it true for me. But perfect love should not instilFears, doubts, beneath God’s perfect will.For His own word can never fail,Despite the storms, it will prevail. Ah Lord, […]

Sinking Child

Sinking Child Ah sinking, fainting child of mine,I hear your plaintive cry,As there beneath the pressing loads,Your bruised, weak form doth lie. You think the promises are void;No hope they will come true.You feel as if ‘tis mockeryTo trust in them anew. You do not have the strength to call;Your faith has been destroyed.It seems […]

The Pure

The Pure Unto the pure, all things are pure,For they do look uponThe true , the good, the innocentAnd shun all sin and wrong. Unto the pure all things are pure,For since the world’s begun,Within it’s sordid boundariesFrom evil they will run. E’en in the depths of darkness,They see God’s glimmering light.They know God’s intervention;They […]

Unto the Pure

Unto the Pure Unto the pure, all things are pure?It seems to be untrue,For in a world of sin and wrongThings gain an impure hue. But to pure who shun the wrongAnd flee from sin and vice,Who keep their garments spotless, whiteThis statement doeth suffice. Their eyes are fixed upon a homeWhich is not of […]

My Feet Had Wandered

My Feet Had Wandered

The Rock of Salvation

The Rock of Salvation The Rock of Salvation is higher than I.Only the Lamb could God’s wrath satisfy.Sinless and spotless, His Blood  substituteRock of Salvation on cross rough and rude. At Rock of Salvation Thou higher than I,Lift me from sin ‘tis to Thee that I cry.Only Thy hands pierced could reach me indeed;Only Thy […]

Why Was I Ever Born?

Why Was I Ever Born? What am I doing here?Why was I ever born?Life’s filled with so much sorrow,My path with many a thorn. Is there a purpose for my life,A plan for little me?I’m drowning midst the multitudesThat are humanity. Ah child, my dearest, precious one,You’re here to do my will.There is a plan […]

Don’t Go and Ask My Family

Don’t Go and Ask My Family Don’t go and ask my familyAbout my Christian walk!Thank goodness they are silent folksWhat if the girls should talk? It’s safe to lose my temper there;To be both cruel and mean,As long as no-one hears of it,Or nothing has been seen! But child, the home is paramount.It tests reality.You’re […]

Unkind

Unkind Unkind I’ve been to parents, brother, sister.In word and deed, I hurt them every day.So many things that could have eased their burdensI’ve left undone upon my selfish way. I did not heed, dear Lord, Thy earnest pleadingThat I would love, forgive; be tender, kind.If I neglect Thy clear and strict injunction,I to Thy […]

Leah Was Not Beautiful

Leah Was Not Beauti Leah was not beautiful.Her sister was the oneFor beauty cherished, loved, preferred,Whom Jacob’s heart had won. But Leah had a tender eye.We know that from God’s word.Despite her trials, rejections, hurt,Her heart with pity stirred. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

My Motives

My Motives Lord am I seeking the well-done of othersWhen I am being benevolent, kind?What is my motive behind the good actions?There in the innermost, what dost Thou find? Is it a heart that is full of compassion,Selfless in seeking a soul to relieve?Only for others, my burning incentiveOr is there pride that can injure […]

My Tongue To-day

My Tongue To-day What has my tongue set forth to-day?Kindness that smoothed another’s way?Was it a harsh and biting word?Or was my tongue with pity stirred? Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

My Confidence Has Slipped

My Confidence Has Slipped Dear Lord, I let my confidenceIn Thee, Thy word, Thy powerSlip from my fingers in this year,And thus my life turned sour. My joy in Thy salvation,The peace that is within,Had disappeared as doubt crept inAnd doubting Thee is sin. Thus in exasperationI flung my trust away.I did not lean on […]

This Year I Lost My Confidence

This Year I Lost My Confidenc This year I lost my confidenceIn God; His love, His care,So that I stumbled on the pathMy helpmeet was Despair. I seemed to hear a gentle voiceThat bid me look on highTo see the jagged, rugged pathWas leading to the sky. Lift up, lift up your confidenceAnd see your […]

How Could God Send These Trials?

How Could God Send These Trials? How could God send these trials to me?How can I pass this test?It seems more difficult than thoseAllotted to the rest. How can God hold the universeWithin His mighty hand,And yet allow the things that IJust cannot understand? Ah child, if you had confidenceIn God who ruleth all,You would […]

I Used To Trust Thy Word

I Used To Trust Thy Word I used to trust Thy word, Oh Lord.It was my strength and stay.But then I lost my confidence,And stumbled on my way. The promises that used to keepMy faith buoyant and strongAre not the same, for I’m scared that To me they don’t belong. I’ve disappointed Thee, dear Lord,And […]

Prayers Not Answered

Prayers Not Answered My prayers seem to land at my feet,Not ascendTo a God of compassion and careFor how can it be that the answer was Lost,And I landed in hopeless despair? Was my confidence real in the GodWho declaredThat His ear would attend to my cry?Did I trust that His answer would be for […]

Confidence Gone

Confidence Gone Ah Lord, I lost my confidenceWhen sickness took her hold.I doubted thy omnipotence;Pain made my trust grow cold. I could not understand, dear Lord,Why I should suffer so, And sensing my receding strengthMy state has laid me low. The woman in the Bible timesWas healed; the blind could see,And thus it seems so […]

I’m Despondent

I’m Despondent Ah Lord, I am despondentIn circumstances bleak.I’m losing trust and sinkingThy presence I must seek. The battle is the Captain’s.He’ll conquer every foe.If He is at forefront,He’ll counter every blow! Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

I Took A Little Sin

I Took A Little Sin Dear Lord I took a little sinTo come and dwell with me,So small it wasn’t seen at allAnd hid from all, but Thee! But now this little sin has grownAnd robbed me of my joy.It has become my master.I am in its employ! My child, you cannot harbour sinWithout a […]

I’m Confident

I’m Confident I’m confident that on the crossMy Saviour paid the priceA holy God demandedFor mankind’s sin and vice. I’m confident that Jesus’ bloodCan wash away my sin,That through His death and sacrificeHis pardon I will win. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

Disobedience

Disobedience Dear Lord, I neglected to witness.The cry of the lost I ignored.But now I take up Thy commissionTo reach the unsaved, precious Lord. Dear God when I should have been silent,I argued and spoke out of turn.Thy truths I flung down in great anger;Nought could souls from me therefore learn. Dear Lord, Thou hast […]

Repentance

Repentance Dear Father, I bow in repentance.In sorrow I come unto thee.For years I have spurned thy salvation.Sin was too attractive to me. But now I accept Thy salvation,Forgiveness for all that I’ve done.I humbly accept Thy great offer,Thy pardon for me, worthless one. Jenny Daniel Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Email

The Poor Man

The Poor Man The poor man on the country road,Battered, bleeding, spent,Cried for help to all who came;Several past him went. A priest came by with pious mien.He must have seen the man For swift he turned his head awayAnd almost from him ran. The footsteps of the Pharisee,With head in haughty poise,Too passed him […]

I Murmured

I Murmured Dear God, Thy child did murmur.She embraced discontent,Dissatisfied with others,With her lot by Thee sent. She did not count her blessings.She did not see that ThouHad showered her with goodness,With mercy did endow. Until she was awakenedTo see another’s woe,To stand beside a sister,Her deeper sorrows know. And thus Thy child was humbled,Ashamed […]

At the Judgment Seat

At the Judgment Seat There at the judgment seat of ChristWill my eyes shed bitter tearsFor the souls that I neglectedDown countless wasted years? Were there questions I avoided?Were there longings I ignored?Did I fear mankind’s rejectionAnd thus deny Thee, Lord? Ah what bitter sighs and moaning;Ah what cries for chances lost,When I see my […]

It’s Easier

It’s Easier It’s easier to be a light To people far away Than to be a constant witness To the home folks every day. The pressure keeps on mounting; The anger in me boils; Behind closed doors I’m failing; The family recoils. Ah Lord, I’ve let Thy calling Fall down, escape from me! I did […]

What Is The Worth of Riches?

What Is The Worth of Ric What is the worth of richesWhen you stand before God’s throne?Compared to God’s salvation,Hear the rich young ruler’s moan, “Why did I turn and leave Christ?That day when He said to me,‘Sell your goods,‘ I refused HimToo late for eternity.” But the woman cried, “I have found Him!”When He […]

You Spurned My Love

You Spurned My Love When My arms said, ”Come to Me,”You merely crossed your own.My love lay shattered at your feet,Your heart as hard as stone. You did not grasp My proffered love.You spurned My sacrifice.You chose to turn and walk away,Embraced a life of vice. But one day at the judgment throneMy book shall […]

No Room For God

No Room For God No Room for God, Oh ChristianNo room for God, Oh Christian?Your life has crowded grown.You filled it up with mundane things;You govern it alone. The Master has been ousted.Your heart He does not own.And so you selfishly stride on,Wrapped in yourself alone. ‘Tis true the child of God may grieveThe Spirit […]

Procrastination

Procrastination As unsaved: I am not hardened to God and His ways.I’ll seek His pardon in more distant days.This is the time to live life to the brim.Why should I repent and finish with sin? Then a loud screeching and slamming of brakes,A crumpled vehicle all that it takesFor the procrastinator to weep and cry,Why […]

Lord, I Am Shy

Lord, I Am Shy Lord, I am so shy that I Should really be excused.Others are more competentFor thee, dear Lord, to use. Moses felt he couldn’t speak,Thy mouthpiece could not be,Thus Aaron was the spokesman sentWho spoke so fluently. Yet if I considerThe path that Aaron went,The calves he made the people serveThe criticism […]

Why Should I Make an Effort?

Why Should I Make an Effort? Why should I make an effort,Exert myself each day,When I could be recliningAnd slouch upon life’s way? One day when I reach heaven,What shame will fill my breast,That I had been so lazyNot given of my best! How can I meet my SaviourKnowing that I’ve misusedThe precious time He’s […]

Why Should I Not Be First?

Why Should I Not Be First? Why should I not be first, dear Lord,In all consideration?Surely the rest should see that IDeserve their adulation! I will not make an effort, Lord,For others’ need of care.After all that’s spent on me,Nought is left to spare! I am not really selfish, Lord,But people need to seeThat life […]

Too Proud

Too Proud Too proud to acknowledge your need of God;Too proud to bow to Him;Too proud to turn to from depravity,Your waywardness and sin. So, lost without God, eternallyYour soul in turmoil lands,Because your pride had closed the doorAnd barred God’s helping hands. Too proud to acknowledge, child of Mine,The error of your way;Too proud […]

My Focus

My Focus How can I let my focusBe other than the Lord?He should be first and foremostBy me obeyed, adored. Who else left heaven’s glory,Came to the earth to die,So that He could redeem us;Mankind could justify? His will is first and foremost.To Him, I give my all.My eyes on Him are focused.I will obey […]

I Did Not Take the Time

I Did Not Take the Time I did not take the time, dear Lord To read Thy precious word,And thus my heart has colder grown;My conscience not been stirred. I did not find the treasuresThat Thou had sent to me,Because I did not look for themIn Thy word, earnestly. I did not find Thy comfort,I […]

I Always Dreamt

I Always Dreamt I I always dreamed what I should beFrom childhood ‘til to-day.Somehow I mapped a certain pathCareer, to mark my way. But suddenly the Master cameAnd said, “Child, Follow me.The work that I planned long agoI do assign to thee.” So different from the dreams that IHad dreamt so long ago,And thus the […]

I Should Be First

I Should Be First I should be first in your heart, dear child,None other rise aboveAnd claim your first allegianceAnd capture all your love. I should be first in your heart, dear child.Decisions that you makeShould not be those that grieve My heart,E’en for a loved one’s sake I should be first in your heart, […]

The Samaritan Woman at the Well

The Samaritan Woman at the Well Her heart was filled with sin and mire,With bitterness and hate.Just looking at the life she ledHer fallen, low down state. No-one knew all the miseryThat filled her lonely heart,Or how she longed that she could makeA clean and wholesome start. Alone she drew her water,Beneath the midday sun,For […]

I Thought That I Could Still Be Friends

I Thought That I Could Still Be Friends I thought that I could still be friends With those from worldly days. I thought that I could still be friendsWith those from worldly days.I thought that I could influence themIn many different ways. And so I went to places thatA Christian should not be,And did some […]

Life Is So Busy

Life Is So Busy Life is so busy, no time for much prayer.I am just running and filled with despair. Life is so busy, no time for much prayer.I am just running and filled with despair.Food preparation and schoolwork and moreI am not coping to God a closed door. Surely, dear Father, Thou wilt understandThat […]

No Room

No Room Man, you resist God, His calling,Stilling His voice every day; Man, you resist God, His calling,Stilling His voice every day;Suppressing, hardening your conscience,Heedlessly going your way. Fainter the sight of His mercy,Farther His grace doth recede,Dimmer the sense of your frailty,Deadened the sense of your need. Until your life’s thread is ended,Time passed […]

I See A Person Bending

I See A Person Bending I see a person bendingBeneath a heavy loadSo many ‘why’s’ and ‘wherefores’Are in that burden stowed.Each day the weight is growingThe back more crooked bentDespairing and despondingThe heart within is rent! But outstretched hands are waitingWithin each laden dayUpon his darkened wayGive up your burden dear oneJust hand it o’er […]

At the Brink of the Day

At the Brink of the Day At the brink of the day, His tender voiceSeemed to whisper unto me,“I need your limbs, your heart, your mindTo heed me faithfully. “Not in the halls of fame, dear child,Nor for the crowd’s applause,But in the home with all its chores;Yes, dear, behind closed doors.” At the brink […]

Tempus Fugit

Tempus Fugit A precious giftA solemn trust A precious giftA solemn trustA duty callAn earnest thrustInto the fieldsOf harvest whiteMy child, time speedsTowards the night. Jenny Daniel

A Year

A Year A year to plan my destinyOr else to find Thy will for me A year to plan my destinyOr else to find Thy will for meA year to voice my every whimOr else to call a world from sinA year to gain the world’s applauseOr else to seek my Master’s causeA year to […]

Another Year

Another Year Another year to grow like HimAnother year to flee from sin Another year to grow like HimAnother year to flee from sinAnother year to walk in whiteAnother year to do what’s rightAnother year to speak with graceAnother year to run the raceAnother year – a boon from TheeTo be a ‘living testimony’ Jenny […]

Is This the Path?

Is This the Path? Dear Lord is this the path that ThouHast planned in Heaven for me? Dear Lord is this the path that ThouHast planned in Heaven for me?So dark, I stop and question oftAhead I cannot see! It seems too high to scale, dear LordAnother way for me!But then I feel ashamed that […]

The New Year

The New Year I timidly step in the darkness aheadLooking back on the year that my Saviour has led I timidly step in the darkness aheadLooking back on the year that my Saviour has ledSo unknown, so untried, doth the new year appearThat I step on the threshold with shrinking and fear My child, I’ll […]

A Year in God’s Eternity

A Year in God’s Eternity A year in God’s eternityOh was it spent in victory A year in God’s eternityOh was it spent in victoryDid I fulfill Thy will for meOrd did I fail and drift from Thee? Ah Lord, I didn’t do my bestSo much undone I failed the testI know my light was […]

Thy Hand . . . This Year

Thy Hand . . . This Year Ah God, how good to see Thy HandIn mercy all the year Ah God, how good to see Thy HandIn mercy all the yearThat led and helped, supportedThrough joy and hope and fear Thy tender, loving mercyO’ershadowed me each dayThy reassuring presenceEach step upon the way. Jenny Daniel

A Babe Is Born

A Babe Is Born A babe was born to pay the price,The awful debt of sin;The holy, sinless Son of GodWho died, thy soul to win. He came to live a blameless life,An offering pure and whole,For only then could God acceptHis payment for thy soul. To think He made this wondrous worldCreator God SupremeAnd […]

A Christmas Poem II

A Christmas Poem II The King of kings, Eternal GodCame to the world He made.He could have come a mighty Prince,But as a babe was laidAmong the straw in manger crudeIn the midst of oxen food! The mother of the holy childWas not of world-wide fame.She was a humble village maidJust ‘Mary’ was her name. […]

Christmas II

Christmas II Sometimes I wonder sadly whyThe people do not care Sometimes I wonder sadly whyThe people do not careThat God Himself was sacrificedOur punishment to bear It seems so strange at Christmas timeWith all the peoples’ funThey don’t remember BethlehemThe Offer of God’s Son It seems as if our ChristmasIs just a festive timeOf […]

A Christmas Poem I

A Christmas Poem I Oh man how can you blithely passThis great “remembrance day”?When God Himself became a manThe greatest price to pay! Your sin, oh man, did merit thisA spotless sacrificeThat on the very “Lamb of God”Shoudl rest your evil vice! Come kneel and worship Him anewThe God who died for theeA babe, the […]

He Was Sent

He Was Sent In the hustle and bustle and throngs of menOn that long ago Christmas Day In the hustle and bustle and throngs of menOn that long ago Christmas DayA mother on donkey, so heavy with childWas slowly winding her way Oh Heaven, ‘Thy Glory’ was sacrificedIn human form He laySo fragile, so tiny, […]

Christmas I

Christmas I The bustle of the Christmas shopsThe music blaring loud The bustle of the Christmas shopsThe music blaring loudI seem to miss the SaviourIn that bright and motley crowd The prattle of the little tonguesOf all they hope to getI find the biggest gift of allNot mentioned – they forget! The happy songs at […]

My Father

My Father When I was just a babyOf course I couldn’t read When I was just a babyOf course I couldn’t readThe alphabet was Greek to meA thing I did not need And yet there was a letterBefore my very eyesThat spoke another languageAnd tried to make me wise That letter was my fatherHis life- […]

Well Done! Good and Faithful Servant

Well Done! Good and Faithful Servant When he had passed through dark JordanWhen he at last saw the Lord When he had passed through dark JordanWhen he at last saw the LordAh with what reverence and wonderHis heart the Master adored Earth’s cares had suddenly vanishedHeart-ache was his never moreWeariness he had forgotten‘Heaven’s bliss’ only […]

Sin Has Sweet Joy

Sin Has Sweet Joy Sin has sweet joy in her clutchesRobbing the soul of her charm Sin has sweet joy in her clutchesRobbing the soul of her charmDraining the life of the pilgrimEver determined to harm. Jenny Daniel

I Haven’t Gone Down

I Haven’t Gone Down I haven’t gone down in the paths of sinNot outwardly obvious my footfall’s been I haven’t gone down in the paths of sinNot outwardly obvious my footfall’s beenBut my soul in secret’s visited thereImagined it all if I but dare I haven’t gone down in the paths of sinBut that’s not […]

Go and Sin No More

Go and Sin No More It was Thy mercy that looked down on herNot to condemn It was Thy mercy that looked down on herNot to condemnThy voice the angry cries did stemAnd shamefully they dropped each stoneThus she did stand amazed alone Thy blood for her could e’en atoneThy Grace could make her fit […]

I Have Neglected Thy Word

I Have Neglected Thy Word I have neglected Thy word of lateJust speedingly reading a verse I have neglected Thy word of lateJust speedingly reading a verseI wonder if that is why my joyHas flown and my moods grow worse I have neglected Thy word of lateAnd know not which way to goFor verses that […]

My Child

My Child My child, I long that you may lookTo Me, alone, as guide My child, I long that you may lookTo Me, alone, as guideI wish you’d in My Ears aloneYour hurts and fears confide My child, ’tis not the world’s acclaimI covet, you may winBut rather that you’d honour MeWith victory over sin […]

Not Caught in the Web of To-day

Not Caught in the Web of To-day Not caught in the web of to-day, dear Lord‘Twill land me with giant ‘Despair’ Not caught in the web of to-day, dear Lord‘Twill land me with giant ‘Despair’But rather with hope eternalFaith in Thy love and care I’ll look above the onslaughtsI’ll focus on Thee aloneSo that with […]

The Tongue and Women

The Tongue and Women As women we are powerfulWithin the walls of home As women we are powerfulWithin the walls of homeFor we within our fragile graspA mighty tool doth own We use it every morningWe wield it through the dayIt never ever leaves usUpon our mundane way A little daughter quiversBeneath it’s crushing blowA […]

Happiness Gone

Happiness Gone Happiness gone, sinking pilgrimLow ‘neath the heel of despair Happiness gone, sinking pilgrimLow ‘neath the heel of despairAs you are crying in anguish‘Why must my bruised form lie there?’ Ask yourself now dearest pilgrimIs there a reason indeedThat things have come like an onslaughtLeaving you weak and in need Is it the sin […]

The Tongue

The Tongue There is a little memberWhich is not hard to find There is a little memberWhich is not hard to findIt is a mighty weaponThat cannot be confined It can bring joy and comfortIt soothes both hurt and woeA balm to weary pilgrimsA help against the foe A weaker brother stumblingIs made to turn […]

Builders

Builders Short is the time that God give susTo build as women wise Short is the time that God give susTo build as women wiseNot in the halls of fameBut in the Saviour’s eyes Ah you must be surrenderedYes in your home be trueThat nought deters His purposeHis plan to build through you Proverbs 16:1  […]

Hard Is Your Lot

Hard Is Your Lot Hard is your lot, envy whispers each dayRoses are strewn on the other’s sweet way Hard is your lot, envy whispers each dayRoses are strewn on the other’s sweet wayWhy should ou struggle when they do succeedWhy should they prosper when you are in need Bitterness grows as it spreads its […]

Flirt Not With Wrong

Flirt Not With Wrong Flirt not with wrong, dear child of GodNor treat with sympathy Flirt not with wrong, dear child of GodNor treat with sympathyThe ‘hell bound’ inclinationThat draws a soul from Me Flirt not with wrong, dear child of GodT’will overpower you soonFor nought that spells iniquityMust have a space or room Hate […]

Envy

Envy Envy has entered the life bloodPoisoning all in her wake Envy has entered the life bloodPoisoning all in her wake‘Till there is nought that’s not taintedJoy its existence at stake. Jenny Daniel

Tis He Who’ll Bear Your Burdens

Tis He Who’ll Bear Your Burdens ‘Tis He who’ll bear your burdensAs you walk upon life’s way ‘Tis He who’ll bear your burdensAs you walk upon life’s way‘Tis He who’ll show the pitfallsThat may stagger you some day ‘Tis He whose arms will hold youWhen the lane gets far too rough‘Tis He who’ll stop the […]

The Bearer of Your Burdens

The Bearer of Your Burdens Why has the Lord so burdened meWith loads of pressing care Why has the Lord so burdened meWith loads of pressing careI seem to struggle dailyIn the pit of deep despair My joy is lost ‘m murmuringDear Lord how can it beThat I should be so flounderingSo far from victory? […]

I Know That He’ll Uphold Me

I Know That He’ll Uphold Me It seems my feet have wanderedOn an awesome precipice It seems my feet have wanderedOn an awesome precipiceYet the winding path leads upwardsAnd my footsteps dare not miss There are looming clouds of darknessThere are wailing cries of woeStill the winding path leads upwardsAnd I know I there must […]

The Lord Doth Lighten My Darkness

The Lord Doth Lighten My Darkness The Lord doth lighten my darknessMy loneliness, despair The Lord doth lighten my darknessMy loneliness, despairWhen everything’s against meAnd no-one seems to care The Lord doth lighten my darknessIn deep financial strainI’ll turn to Him for comfortTo meet each pressing claim The Lord doth lighten my darknessWhen sickness takes […]

Job

Job Job didn’t hear of the challenge,Satan had made to the Lord. Job didn’t hear of the challenge,Satan had made to the Lord.Ignorant, fragile, defencelessJob was when Satan’s wrath poured. Robbed of his wealth, of his children,Stricken with boils, searing pain,Would he curse God, end in failure?Look, he has triumphed again. Friends were not kind […]

Judgment Had Fallen

Judgment Had Fallen Judgment had fallen upon sinful man;God’s word had warned them again and again: Judgment had fallen upon sinful man;God’s word had warned them again and again:How can they argue with sin at the door,Seek God, Repent, the old prophets implore. Judgment had fallen, but men would not heed,Sin they would cling to, […]

I Marvel

I Marvel I marvel that within His handThis mortal clay should lie; I marvel that within His handThis mortal clay should lie;That He would take this worthless selfTo cleanse and purify. His precious blood removes the dross,The sin, the guilt, the shame,So that he can impress on meHis signature and name. A purpose for this […]

Lost

Lost Lost I cried out in repentance‘Lord, please have mercy on me Lost I cried out in repentance‘Lord, please have mercy on meAll that I ask is Thy pardonThat Thou would’st save, redeem me’ Outside the cup seemed so perfectBut it had darkness withinTill the bright light of Thy gospelExposed my folly and sin Finding […]

Joy

Joy Joy sweet adornment for pilgrims,Spreading a fragrance so sweet Joy sweet adornment for pilgrims,Spreading a fragrance so sweetReaching to weary and needyDrawing them to Jesus feet Joy in abundant salvationGiven so full and so freeClaimed when repentant and seekingJoy that my God pardoned me Joy in the Saviour’s communionTender and holy and trueAs in […]

Tongue Mighty Member Misleadingly Small

Tongue Mighty Member Misleadingly Small Ah, what a treasure is found in the tongue,Healing and soothing and saying ‘well done.’ Ah, what a treasure is found in the tongue,Healing and soothing and saying ‘well done.’Small as it is, it can change someone’s life,Smooth over troubles and dissipate strife. Ah, what a nightmare can be that […]

Can You Be Sinking?

Can You Be Sinking ? Can you be sinking and drowning,When there is work to be done? Can you be sinking and drowning,When there is work to be done?Have you turned back from the plough share,Shirking the call of God’s son? Think of the men in the Bible,Think of the stand they  made,How can you […]

How Can It Be?

How Can It Be? How can it be that I should beSought by almighty God? How can it be that I should beSought by almighty God?This black, deceitful heart of mineWashed by his precious blood? My sins line up in vivid hue,I shrink in horror, shame,Can they be blotted out by God,Cleansed, gone, each sordid […]

I Feel So Lost

I Feel So Lost I feel so lost, dear Lord,Upon this planet earth, I feel so lost, dear Lord,Upon this planet earth,So small a tiny entity.What can my life be worth? How can thy love be reaching me?I’m lost within the crowd.My plaintive call for Thee to hearExpires midst voices loud. What am I doing […]

A Dreary Existence

A Dreary Existence Ah, what a dreary existance is mineBeds upon beds wait with linen in line,Floors that need dusting, and food to be made,Wish in another bright era I stayed. Nobody listens or sees what I do.Nobody hears my plans that are new.Nobody shares my impossible goals.Nobody cares me me no not a soul! […]

The Rock

The Rock Oh Rock within the raging storm,I cling to Thee though spent and worn, Oh Rock within the raging stormI cling to Thee though spent and wornAh lift me up, reach out to meThat I might rest myself on Thee. Jenny Daniel

Things Have Gone Wrong

Things Have Gone Wrong Things have gone wrong, weary pilgrim,But is it sin at your door?Judgment has heavily fallen;Seek God; His mercy implore. Things have gone wrong, but life’s transient.Heaven awaits farther on.Lift up your eyes, He is coming,Rest your sad lot there upon. Things have gone wrong men are watching,Will you victorious be?Will they […]

Am I the Cause?

Am I the Cause? Am I the cause of the conflicts,Am I the cause of the pain, Am I the cause of the conflicts,Am I the cause of the pain,Am I the one that is bringing,Heart-ache and anger and pain? Am I the one that is spending,More than the budget allows?Am I the one that […]

No Greater Gift

No Greater Gift There was no greater gift that GodCould mercif’ly bestow, There was no greater gift that GodCould mercif’ly bestow,For in his Son he gave His allTo sinners here below There was no humbler place to beThat first great Christmas morn,For midst the donkeys, fodder, food,The King of Kings was born. Emmanuel – miracle […]

He Came Alone

He Came Alone He came alone,To pay for sin, He came alone, To pay for sin,Mankind to save, Salvation win, To drink the cup, For you and me,That hour in dark Gathsemane God satisfied, Through him at last,For all our sin, On him was cast. That you and I, Could be set free,Becaus he died, […]

The Master Potter’s Work

The Master Potter’s Work The Master Potter’s work cries out,Behold his hand was here, The Master Potter’s work cries out,Behold his hand was here,‘Tis only he could make us thus,The evidence is clear. Jenny Daniel

In the Potter’s Hands

In the Potter’s Hands ‘Tis marvelous that I may lie,Within the potters hands, ‘Tis marvelous that I may lie,Within the potters hands,That he can form and fashion me,According to his plan. Jenny Daniel

The Glorious Race

The Glorious Race Ah glorious race that I should run,Where ran the saints of old Ah glorious race that I should run,Where ran the saints of oldThat in the footsteps stained with blood,My very path unfolds. I’ll clutch no weight up it,I’ll throw them all inside,That naught may bind and hold meEncumbering my stride. I’ll […]

Peter

Peter Peter had boasted so loud to his Lord,Confident phrases from his mouth had poured, Peter had boasted so loud to his Lord,Confident phrases from his mouth had poured,Others may fail you – but never will I.Danger may threaten – but Peter is nigh. But when the soldiers had captured the Lord,The ear of the […]

Am I A Hindrance?

Am I A Hindrance ? Am I an hindrance to God’s work,As near me clay is marred and hurt? Am I an hindrance to God’s work,As near me clay is marred and hurt? Yes, on the wheel a loved one lay,Whom I have jabbed this very day. Scars can so easily start and form,Hurts are […]

I Hear Your Cry

I Hear Your Cry Dear child of mine, I hear your cry.I know that oft you’d rather die, Dear child of mine, I hear your cry.I know that oft you’d rather die,Than face the scalpels steely touch,That reaches to your inner dust. I’ve planned, dear child, what you shall be,Thus, leave the choices up to […]

Come, Saith the Voice of the Potter

Come, Saith the Voice of the Potter Come, saith the voice of the potter,Warped and defiled though you be. Come, saith the voice of the potter,Warped and defiled though you be.I can reform and remake you,Rid you from dross and debry. Come, saith the voice of the potter,Fair though you be in your eyes,You will […]

I Know the Load Is Heavy, Child

I Know the Load Is Heavy, Child I know the load is heavy, child;‘Too much your plaintive cry, I know the load is heavy, child;‘Too much your plaintive cry,Bowed down you stumble ‘neith the weight,Each step – a long drawn sigh. Within your load so many things,That I have not decreed,You add each task as […]

Is Your Joy Lost?

Is Your Joy Lost? Is your joy lost, weary pilgrimHas it fled far from your heart Is your joy lost, weary pilgrimHas it fled far from your heartCan it be dark sin that’s lurkingMaking sweet joy to depart Is there a love that is hiddenSecret and cloistered withinE’en though your feet have not stumbledIn thoughts, […]

It Was for This

It Was for This In the brevity of timeout of the endlessness of eternity, In the brevity of timeout of the endlessness of eternity,A miracleFrom the glory of Heaveninto the crudeness of a manger!A baby still From the Creator of the worldand throne SupremeDespised, rejected, mockedthy God hath beenAnd from where angels, saints adore Himon […]

How Sad

How Sad The town was full, no room was foundfor the simple village maid The town was full, no room was foundFor the simple village maidNo wonder then on straw it wasThe babe was gently laid. The town was full of busy men,All busy doing things.No wonder then, they did not know,He was the King […]

She’s Older Now

She’s Older Now She’s older nowThe red cheeked blushing maiden She’s older nowThe red cheeked blushing maidenHas slighter grownand frailer is her frameShe does no bounceHer step is slowShe hardly knows her name Those jet black locks areSnow white nowHer face with wrinkles strewnIt seems the cares of many yearsthe lines have finely hewn But-as […]

Carried Hence

Carried Hence Her feeble light is flickeringShe lay upon the bed Her feeble light is flickeringShe lay upon the bedAnd people whisper tenderlyAs in and out they tread She lingered on and childhood daysSo long ago crowd inHer father, mother, home-so muchOf all that’s past and been Oh glorious trust-eternal restT’was not in vain-His values […]

The Test of Our Christian Walk

The Test of Our Christian Walk Don’t go and ask my familyAbout my Christian walk Don’t go and ask my familyAbout my Christian walkThank goodness they are silent onesWhat if the girls should talk? It’s safe to lose my temper thereTo be both cruel and meanAs long as no-one hears of itOr nothing has been […]

My Tongue

My Tongue Early this morning I got out of bedWhat was that horrible thing that I said? Early this morning I got out of bedWhat was that horrible thing that I said?Someone was hopeless, would never achieveWere those wet tears that I saw on his sleeve? What were the words that I chirped out at […]

Nobody Cares!

Nobody Cares! Ah what a dreary existence is mineBeds upon beds wait with linen in line Ah what a dreary existence is mineBeds upon beds wait with linen in lineFloors that need dusting and food to be madeWish in another bright era I stayed Nobody listens or sees what I doNobody hears all my plans […]

His Plan

His Plan My child it is a different pathI’ve planned for you below My child it is a different pathI’ve planned for you belowLift up the roots you’ve planted deepI would not have them grow I want you dearest child of MineTo let Me lead the waySubmit and let Me be the OneWho governs every […]

What am I Doing Here? Part Two

What am I Doing Here? Part Two What am I doing hereWhy was I ever born? What am I doing hereWhy was I ever born?Life’s filled with so much sorrowMy path with many a thorn. Is there a purpose for my lifeA plan for little me?I’m drowning midst the multitudesThat make humanity. My child, My […]

The Best of the Flock

The Best of the Flock I ask for the best of the flock, dear childThe offering you give Me I ask for the best of the flock, dear childThe offering you give MeBut what is this weak and puny lambUpon the altar I see? For the world outside, you present your bestNot a bit from […]

Curbing the Tongue Is Hard

Curbing the Tongue Is Hard It’s hard to curb my tongue within the homeThe world’s outside, I’m all alone It’s hard to curb my tongue within the homeThe world’s outside, I’m all aloneIf no-one hears, they will not knowMy family are suff’ring so I sometimes see my daughter winceA sister twitch, a brother flinchBut no-one […]

What Am I Doing Here?

What Am I Doing Here? “What am I doing here?”I hear your plaintive cry “What am I doing here?”I hear your plaintive cryAs floundering upon the earthYou sink and moan and cry. What are you doing thereDear child how can it beYou haven’t fathomed t’was My loveThat gave your life to thee. To fellowship with […]

How Often Would I . . . But Ye Would Not

How Often Would I . . . But Ye Would Not I would my child this year you had grownThat you my Word had better know I would my child this year you had grownThat you my Word had better knownI longed to lead you higher on the wayI wished to fashion o’er the broken […]

That Other Land

That Other Land A second journey take us to that other landor is it less? A second journey take us to that other landor is it less?When-In the twinkling of an eye-we areso blessedFor Heaven’s gates are opened wide-and we areat our Savior’s sideTo worship at His feet-unending joy-oh blisscomplete! But we still labour on-‘tis […]

Can I Ever Pen?

Can I Ever Pen? Can I ever, ever penThe eyes from which no judgment came? Can I ever, ever penThe eyes from which no judgment came?Sorrow for my sin I sawOh to stumble never more Knowledge of my sinful lifeEvery cause and every strifeSadness at my fallen stateYet He will another fate! Pardon for the […]

They Are Without Excuse

They Are Without Excuse Dear God-Thy infinite power and mightShine forth from the world’s upon our sight Dear God-Thy infinite power and mightShine forth from the world’s upon our sightJust a word-and the heavens were put in placeWith the sun, moon and stars suspended in spaceNot a fraction too close-not a fraction too far!For heat-scorching […]

Didst Thou Know?

Didst Thou Know? Didst thou know, oh BethlehemWhen travelers bustled by Didst thou know, oh BethlehemWhen travelers bustled byThat one still night The mighty GodWould in thy borders lie? No room O town of BethlehemHe owns each hill and denYet in thy stable mangerBegins His walk with men How small O town of BethlehemThat fragile, […]

How Sad That “Few Are Chosen”!

How Sad That “Few Are Chosen”! The world doth teem with throngs of menThe marching feet drone on The world doth teem with throngs of menThe marching feet drone onAnd small the little band who treadAmidst this mighty throneTheir clothes are white–God’s righteousnessThrough faith, their only shroudOh mighty is the grace that GodSo mercif’ly bestowedHow […]

Prepare to Meet thy God

Prepare to Meet thy God Prepare the earnest prophet criedMore time that day will be denied Prepare the earnest prophet criedMore time that day will be deniedOh man take care oh man bewareYou’ll surely meet God over there God calls to you upon life’s wayYou still His Voice from day to dayYou do not think, […]

To Each a Different Path

To Each a Different Path To each a different pathin this new year To each a different path in this new yearThrough storm or sunshine Joy or tear A task to do message to shareA soul to win through loving care A Life to live within the homeSeeking to please my God alone To each a different path in this new yearto […]

Thy Blood, Thy Grace, Thy Love

Thy Blood, Thy Grace, Thy Love I saw the saved ones gatherOn Heaven’s blessed shore I saw the saved ones gatherOn Heaven’s blessed shoreThere stood a wondrous multitudeWho’d found salvation’s door But who are these who days agoWere drowning in their sin?And now they are Christ’s Holy BrideAll cleansed and pure within! My love reached […]

Special Strength and Grace

Special Strength and Grace I think a newborn babyIs the sweetest gift of all I think a newborn babyIs the sweetest gift of allTo have a tiny human lifeSo fragile and so small And yet it is an awesome taskTo mold this human clayEach word I speak–each deed I doWill ‘form’ from day to day […]

Thank God

Thank God Thank God, you gave us constant loveThrough all our ups and downs Thank God, you gave us constant loveThrough all our ups and downsWe knew a loving heart was thereBeneath each warning frown! Thank God, you didn’t compromiseAnd lead us all astrayBut kept us to the narrow pathYes, to God’s will and way […]

Daddy

Daddy Oh Daddy, you have always beenA pillar strong on which to lean Oh Daddy, you have always beenA pillar strong on which to leanWhich did not bend within the stormBut stood upright since I was born In life God knew that I would needA father true in word and deedIn you He had to […]

The Day Is Born

The Day Is Born The birds’ sweet songDisturbs the hush of morn The birds’ sweet song Disturbs the hush of mornAnother year has flown The day is bornHow sweet to know He waitsAnd at the break Of each new dayHis Loving Hand Holds out the way. Jenny Daniel

Oh, Innumerable the Masses

Oh, Innumerable the Masses Oh, innumerable the massesPeople everywhere Oh, innumerable the massesPeople everywhereFull of burdens, full of stressesLoaded down by care Men are passing on unheededTo a lost eternityNought to stop them, nought to warn themOf their hopeless destiny! Thou, O child of God, commissionedIn this world to shine–a lightIn this world to be […]

Too Late

Too Late Wide doth the door of God’s mercyBeckon–oh enter within Wide doth the door of God’s mercyBeckon–oh enter withinHigh was the price paid on Calv’ryTo conquer and cover all sin God Mighty King Heaven’s GloryLife-giving, Hope-Filling LordMercy and truth met each otherMan fallen man He restored. Still at thy heart, man, He standethKnocking–Oh bid […]

One Look

One Look Oh child of God, thy steps, thy dressShould God’s allegiance claim Oh child of God, thy steps, thy dressShould God’s allegiance claimOne look should tell the mocking worldThat thou dos’t bare His Name Oh child don’t linger nearer whenThou senseth sin and wrongDon’t walk towards the darkness‘Tis light where you belong One look […]

Fleeing – God Is Watching

Fleeing – God Is Watching The war has raged for centuriesThe armies are in array The war has raged for centuriesThe armies are in arrayOh sad the losses and dear the prizeThat’s fought for from day to day Oh soldier how great the rejoicingWhen heavenward comes the prizeOh soldier how sad if unheededUnhelped, the poor […]

If Christ Is My Life

If Christ Is My Life If Christ is my life, I would value each dayTo follow His precepts, to heed and obey If Christ is my life, I would value each dayTo follow His precepts, to heed and obeyTo seek His approval in all that I amTo live out His Purpose, to fulfill His Plan […]

They Did Not Turn

They Did Not Turn How many times in humble prayerWith calamities sore hard pressed How many times in humble prayerWith calamities sore hard pressedOur nation called on Almighty GodIn mercy, supply and bless Surely He’ll answer speedilyJust humble yourself todayMy child, My word commands youTo TURN as well as pray. Jenny Daniel

The All-Sufficient One

The All – Sufficient One A Rock within the raging stormTo shelter you, to keep you warm A Rock within the raging stormTo shelter you, to keep you warmA Burning Light in darkness blackTo show the way, to call you back The Living Bread to feed your soulTo give you strength, to make you wholeThe […]

The Crown

The Crown The war has raged for centuriesThe armies are in array The war has raged for centuriesThe armies are in arrayOh sad the losses and dear the prizeThat’s fought for from day to day Oh soldier how great the rejoicingWhen heavenward comes the prizeOh soldier how sad if unheededUnhelped, the poor victim dies God […]

I Need Thee Lord

I Need Thee Lord To steer my craftAmid lifes stormy sea To steer my craft Amid lifes stormy sea To safely reachThat higher destiny Where sorrows cease And loved ones wait ashore Dark nights ahead The lighthouse dim to meUncertainscared I give this craft to Thee Thou long ago Life’s sorrows braved And safely crossedEach ‘towering wave’ In Thy scarred Hand The craft is saved! […]

But Your Iniquities

But Your Iniquities Beloved land,Your God hath mighty HandWith power to deliverAt His great might and powerAll other forces quiverNo task too big for Him to dealOn wrong a deathly blowBeloved land what then the causeFor this dire state below? Beloved land your God hath earThat never is too heavyTo hear from earth the fervent […]

Condemned

Condemned Though man was made by God’s own HandsCondemned, condemned he surely stands Though man was made by God’s own HandsCondemned, condemned he surely standsFor he who darkness chose–not lightWho started wars–who cheapened lifeWho virtue stained–who honour slewWho loathsome things did think and doCondemned, condemned he surely stands This creature made by God’s own Hands […]

The March of Faith

The March of Faith The march of faith doth rhythmically move onDown ages dark and turbulent it’s gone The march of faith doth rhythmically move onDown ages dark and turbulent it’s goneAnd now in worldly times so wild and freeThe remnant still are faithful, God, to Thee My little footstep in that glorious marchDoth echo […]

Thy Precious Word

Thy Precious Word Do I appreciate Thy WordThat showed me Calvary Do I appreciate Thy WordThat showed me CalvaryAnd gave me faith and simple trustTo find new life in Thee? Do I hold fast Thy precious WordWhen storms and wild winds blowThat all the promises in TheeAre mine to claim and know? Do I so […]

Regret

Regret Standing in awe at the Judgment throneI thought back on the past–spent years Standing in awe at the Judgment throneI thought back on the past spent yearsI encountered my youthful mischievous friendsAnd the others who’d been very dearThen suddenly a force gripped my heartAnd I cried out in anguished moanAs I turned around and […]

I Will Not

I Will Not I will not – Daniel purposedAnd what a stand made he I will not – Daniel purposedAnd what a stand made heThrough all the dangers he had facedHe never swerved from Thee I will not ‘blessed purpose’To meet the tempting foeFor then my very will is schooledTo firmly answer – no! I […]

Another Time

Another Time Don’t bother dear, I’ll heed to you another timeJust run and play some other day Don’t bother dear, I’ll heed to you another timeJust run and play some other dayI’ll read and laugh and teach you how to praytoo much to-day “Too much!” Each day with laden careFilling the moments everywhereOf childhood secrets, […]

Mother

Mother Oh mother, what a friend you’ve beenThroughout my growing years Oh mother, what a friend you’ve beenThroughout my growing yearsA guide, support, protectorThrough laughter, joy, and tears Just knowing through the thick and thinThat you were always thereTo give advice, to warn, to teachTo laugh away each care I often thank my FatherThat I […]

My Mother

My Mother My mother is like a sweet country homeNext to a wood of experience to roam My mother is like a sweet country homeNext to a wood of experience to roam Two windows to let the love shine throughA door, that speaks of laughter too A kitchen to help us in every needEquip us […]

Against the Tide II

Against the Tide II Oh Lord at workThey do not speak of Thee Oh Lord at work They do not speak of TheeBut in the mocking words Of blasphemy!Their talk defiles I cannot move awayWithin that atmosphere I have to stay My precious child This is your mission fieldThose hardened hearts Will surely yieldI cannot […]

Against the Tide I

Against the Tide I My God the world has changedOld norms are past My God the world has changed Old norms are pastIt’s values and high principles Have fallen fast Technology and modern thought New doctrineReligion that decries Thy word as nought At school they mock My love for TheeThe narrow way They will not see I seem so much alone To […]

The Peace of God Which Passeth All Understanding

The Peace of God Which Passeth All Understanding Not a glimpse of reasonNever knowing why! Not a glimpse of reasonNever knowing why!Despite my prayers and seekingClosed the Heavenly sky! Questioning His dealingsDark my present path!Thwarted expectationsScorners point and laugh! As Thy child–I’ll conquerAll the foe would do!Peace–‘not understand’Has filled my heart anew. Not as the […]

Trust Me, My Child

Trust Me, My Child This year ahead lies in His HandFor thee, His child, the path is planned This year ahead lies in His HandFor thee, His child, the path is plannedHis whispering voice in love doth sayTrust Me, My child, to lead the way Each day I have a work for theeYour mundane tasks […]

Every Part of Thee

Every Part of Thee There were so many little thingsI gave up Lord to Thee There were so many little thingsI gave up Lord to TheeSomehow I felt I’d sacrificedWhat was required of me But then I read Thy word anewWhich said so tenderlyMy child, I seek not little thingsBut every part of thee! “Present […]

Tis a Battle

Tis a Battle Oh ‘tis a battle fierce and strongWaging in earnest ‘gainst sin and wrong Oh ‘tis a battle fierce and strongWaging in earnest ‘gainst sin and wrongYou are a soldier in the frayFighting for Jesus from day to day Truth be your girdle firmly claspedRighteousness, breastplate to still each blastFaith, His own Blood […]

He Knoweth Best

He Knoweth Best Storms gather, skies darkenHopes light grows dim Storms gather, skies darkenHopes light grows dimTimid, I step aheadLeaning on Him. Tender His voice whispersSweet in my ear‘Dear sinking child of mineHark I am here’ Weary and woe begoneEverything lostResting, refreshed in HimHe bears the cost Weak, fragile, spent–sereneWhen storms at restSlowly I comprehendHe […]

Humble Thyself to Walk With God

Humble Thyself to Walk With God Dear God, ‘tis Thee must humbled beTo walk with mere humanity Dear God, ‘tis Thee must humbled beTo walk with mere humanityThe God who made the clouds unfoldWho angry billowed seas unrolled Who hung the stars in flimsy spaceWho set the orbits ‘running pace’Who made the sun to warm […]

Perfect Love

Perfect Love Oh can Thy word still be fulfilledWith fear my courage has been stilled Oh can Thy word still be fulfilledWith fear my courage has been stilledI cannot hope – I cannot seeHow Thou canst make it true for me Ah, “Perfect Love” cannot instillFears, doubts beneath His sovereign willIt knows His word can […]

My Thorn

My Thorn  My thorn–oh will it ever go?Lingering, hurting, trying so My thorn–oh will it ever go?Lingering, hurting, trying so“Remove the thorn” I cry to TheeI cannot live in victory My helpmeet on the daily pathDoth mock and tease and hurt and laugh“How can I be a test’monyUnless he too doth follow Thee?” My children […]

His Loving Care

His Loving Care His loving care-a mantle tender warmTo brave the roughest seas, the fiercest storm His loving care-a mantle tender warmTo brave the roughest seas, the fiercest stormHis loving care-when all seems gone astrayAnd every fibre cries-too much to-day! His loving care? Yet tears flow through the nightWhen all seems dark and satan dims […]

Choose You This Day Whom You Will Serve

Choose You This Day Whom You Will Serve Oh wondrous day when Thee I choseWhen mercy reached my deepest woes Oh wondrous day when Thee I choseWhen mercy reached my deepest woesAnd I in sorrow clung to TheeTo save my soul eternally!My choice was made–the battle wonWith past–with sin–forever done! And yet each day I […]

He’ll lead You Through Darkness

He’ll lead You Through Darkness When the night is endlessAnd light is never more When the night is endlessAnd light is never moreHe’ll lead you through the darknessAnd to the morrow’s door He’ll whisper words of comfortAnd stirring words of hopeAnd so on firmer, surer feetOn Him, you’ll lean and cope I’ll never, never leave […]

Follow

Follow My child, you cannot follow MeAnd wander into wrong My child, you cannot follow MeAnd wander into wrongYour very walk should always showTo whom you do belong I know the constant call to youOf evil, everywhereBut resolution to abideShould never lead you there You have to follow only MeDetermined to stay trueOr else the […]

What Is Man?

What Is Man? Ah what is man, that thou should’st comeAnd die on Calvary?How could a Holy God endureThat awful agony? That He who lived a sinless lifeShould drink the ‘cup’ for me?Endure the very guilt of sinAnd die to set me free? Lord Jesus, ‘Babe of Bethlehem’And ‘Lamb of Calvary’!Now ‘Risen Lord’–I bow myselfIn […]

How Could You?

How Could You? Ah world, how could you turn your headWhen Jesus came to Earth Ah world, how could you turn your headWhen Jesus came to EarthIgnore–despise–the miracleThe wonder of His birth? How could you close your stubborn earsTo all He had to sayHow could you blind your seeing eyesTo miracles each day? How could […]

The Altar is Broken

The Altar is Broken The altar is broken–no longer they careFor God–or His will–or His word–anywhere The altar is broken–no longer they careFor God–or His will–or His word–anywhere.They’ve smashed every semblance of kneeling to TheeAnd naught of the altar is now left to see Then filling their lives with things all impureThey drink of the […]

I Do Not Know the Answer

I Do Not Know the Answer I do not know the answerPerplexed I turn to Thee I do not know the answerPerplexed I turn to TheeA maelstrom of conflictingsNo hope to struggle free! I fling myself upon TheeI cling with waning strengthI will not be abandonedNothing my grip shall wrench A weaned child with her […]

Just to be Faithful

Just to be Faithful Just to be faithful ‘tis all I ask Just to be faithful ‘tis all I askNot an impossible grievous task Just to be faithful ’tis all I ask throughout the dayJust to be following all of the way That little word that I asked you to sayWill spring into harvest some far distant day That little visit you […]

Hold Fast

Hold Fast Hold on dear child to all My Word doth sayHold fast dear child, to keep within the way Hold on dear child to all My Word doth sayHold fast dear child, to keep within the wayThe Word of God thy only guide and stayFor ‘it’ the world did many a martyr slay Don’t […]

He’s There

He’s There He’s there within the darkest stormHe’s there when you are tired and worn He’s there within the darkest stormHe’s there when you are tired and wornHe’s there to take your loads from youHe’s there to give you strength anew He does not take your cares awayHe wants to bear them day by daySo […]

An Open Letter Read of All Men!

An Open Letter Read of All Men! A letter for the world to seeOur life is written bold A letter for the world to seeOur life is written boldIn every action, every wordA message has been told! What is the contents we portrayFrom week to week, from day to day?Is it a round of constant […]

His Steadfast Love

His Steadfast Love I will proclaim His steadfast LoveThat sought me long ago I will proclaim His steadfast LoveThat sought me long agoAnd in this timid heart of mineThe seed of faith did sow The Love that brought repentanceAnd sorrow for my sinThe Love that swung the narrow gateAnd GLADLY let me in! The Love […]

A Partial Offering

A Partial Offering We sometimes think the sacrificeOf many a mundane thingWill satisfy a jealous GodA partial offering. Yet Jesus came to give His all,His life on CalvaryHow can I come and say to GodTake only part of me? My all within His loving HandsTo do with what He will‘Tis then He can His purposesThrough […]