Resting
Resting Resting on the faithfulness of Christ our Lord,Resting on the fulness of His own sure Word,Resting on His wisdom, on His love and power,Resting on His covenant from hour to hour.Resting in the fortress while the foe is nigh,Resting in the lifeboat while the waves roll high,Resting in His chariot for the swift, glad […]
Colossians 3:2
Colossians 3:2 Why do we cling to earth? Its sweetest pleasuresAre transient as the snowflake of the spring;Like early mist its most abiding treasures,Or foam of ocean wave. To earth why do we cling? Why do we cling to earth? Is it the fleeting brightnessOf her gay robes? fair fields, green forest trees,Grand mountains, lovely […]
Leaving Us an Example, that ye should follow His Steps
Leaving Us an Example, that ye should follow His Steps O Jesu, Thou didst leave Thy glorious home,Of brightness more than mortal eye could bear,And joys ineffable, alone to roamThrough earth’s dark wilderness in grief and want and care.Thou didst exchange the praise of seraph voicesFor sin-made discords and the wail of pain,The anthems swelling […]
Matthew 14:23
Matthew 14:23 It is the quiet evening time, the sun is in the west,And earth enrobed in purple glow awaits her nightly rest;The shadows of the mountain peaks are lengthening o’er the sea,And the flowerets close their eyelids on the shore of Galilee.The multitude are gone away, their restless hum doth cease,The birds have hushed […]
‘I Leave it all with Thee.’
‘I Leave it all with Thee.’ Yes, I will leave it all with Thee,And only ask that I may beSubmissive to Thy loving will,Confiding, waiting, trusting still. Thou every fond desire dost knowWhich in my inmost heart doth glow;Thou hearest every secret sighWhen silent sorrow’s power is nigh. Omniscience alone may tellThe thoughts which in […]
Making Poetry
Making Poetry Little one, what are you doing,Sitting on the window-seat?Laughing to yourself, and wirting,Some right merry thought inditing,Balancing with swinging feet. T is some poetry I’m making,Though I never tried before:Four whole lines! I’ll read them to you.Do you think them funny, do you?Shall I try to make some more? I should like to […]
This Same Jesus
This Same Jesus This same Jesus!’ Oh! how sweetlyFall those words upon the ear,Like as well of far off music,In a nightwatch still and drear! He who healed the hopeless leper,He who dried the widow’s tear;He who changed to health and gladnessHelpless suffering, trembling fear; He who wandered, poor and homeless,By the stormy Galilee;He who […]
I Gave My Life for Thee
I Gave My Life for Thee I gave My life for thee, Gal 2:20My precious blood I shed, 1 Pet. 1:19That thou might’st ransomed be, Eph 1:7And quickened from the dead Eph 2:10I gave My life for thee; Tit. 2:14What hast thou given for Me John 21:15-17 I spent long years for thee 1Tim 1:15In […]
September 1868
September 1868 An April burst of beauty,And a May like the Mays of old,And a glow of summer gladnessWhile June her long days told;And a hush of golden silenceAll through the bright July,Without one peal of thunder,Or a storm-wreath in the sky;And a fiery reign of August,Till the moon was on the wane;And then short […]
Peace
Peace Is this the Peace of God, this strange, sweet calm?The weary day is at its zenith still,Yet ‘tis as if beside some cool, clear rill,Through shadowy stillness rose an evening psalm,And all the noise of life were hushed away,And tranquil gladness reigned with gently soothing sway. It was not so just now. I turned […]
Compensation
Compensation Oh, the compensating springs! Oh, the balance-wheels of life,Hidden away in the workings under the seeming strife! Oh, the compensating springs! Oh, the balance-wheels of life,Hidden away in the workings under the seeming strife!Slowing the fret and the friction, weighting the whirl and the force,Evolving the truest power from each unconscious source. How shall […]
The Lull of Eternity
The Lull of Eternity Many a voice has echoed the cry for “a lull in life,”Fainting under the noontide, fainting under the strife. Many a voice has echoed the cry for “a lull in life,”Fainting under the noontide, fainting under the strife.Is it the wisest longing? is it the truest gain?Is not the Master withholding […]
The Seeing Heart*
The Seeing Heart* Sweet, blind singer over the sea,Tuneful and jubilant: how can it be, Sweet, blind singer over the sea,Tuneful and jubilant: how can it be,That the songs of gladness, which float so far,As if they fell from the evening star,Are the notes of one who may never see“Visible music” of flower and tree,Purple […]
Adoration
Adoration O Master, at Thy feetI bow in rapture sweet; O Master, at Thy feetI bow in rapture sweet;Before me, as in darkening glass,Some glorious outlines pass,Of love, and truth, and holiness, and power;I own them Thine, O Christ, and bless Thee for this hour. O full of truth and grace,Smile of Jehovah’s face,O tenderest […]
A Lull in Life
A Lull in Life Oh, for “a desert place” with only the Master’s smile!Oh for the “coming apart” with only His “rest awhile!” Oh, for “a desert place” with only the Master’s smile!Oh for the “coming apart” with only His “rest awhile!”Many are “coming and going” with busy and restless feet,And the soul is hungering […]
A Birthday-Greeting To My Father
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 heartThe blessing that thou ART;While traced on coming years, in faith and hope we […]
Faith and Reason
Faith and Reason Reason unstrings the harp to seeWherein the music dwells; Reason unstrings the harp to seeWherein the music dwells;Faith pours a Hallelujah song,And heavenly rapture swells.While Reason strives to count the dropsThat lave our narrow strand,Faith launches o’er the mighty deep,To seek a better land. One is the foot that slowly treadsWhere darkling […]
My Name*
My Name From childish days I never heardMy own baptismal name; From childish days I never heardMy own baptismal name;Too small, too slight, too full of gleeAught else but “little Fan” to be,The stately “Frances” not in meCould any fitness claim. Now, in the crowded halls of life,May it be mine to bringSome gentle stir […]
Our Gem Wreath
Our Gem Wreath Heard ye the sounds of joyous gleeAnd the notes of merry minstrelsy, Heard ye the sounds of joyous gleeAnd the notes of merry minstrelsy,And the purling of low, sweet words which startFrom the silent depths of a loving heart; And the gushing laugh, and the rippling song,As the summer days sped swift […]
Bonnie Wee Eric
Bonnie Wee Eric Bonnie wee Eric! I have sat beside the evening fire,And listened to the leaping flame still darting keenly higher, Bonnie wee Eric! I have sat beside the evening fire,And listened to the leaping flame still darting keenly higher,And all the while a lisping voice and eyes of sunny blueOut-whispered the flame-whisper, and […]
New Year’s Wishes
New Year’s Wishes A pearl-strewn pathway of untold gladness,Flecked by no gloom, by no weary sadness, A pearl-strewn pathway of untold gladness,Flecked by no gloom, by no weary sadness,Such be the year to thee!A crystal rivulet, sunlight flinging,Awakening blossoms, and joyously singingIts own calm melody. A symphony soft, and sweet, and low,Like the gentlest music […]
Traveling Thoughts
Traveling Thoughts A still gray haze around us,Behind, a foreign shore, A still gray haze around us,Behind, a foreign shore,A still gray deep beneath us,And Dover cliffs before.Not one within a hundred milesWhose name I ever heard,None who would care to speak to meA passing friendly word:Yet not a shadow crosseth meOf loneliness or fear;I […]
More Music
More Music Oh for a burst of song,Exultant, deep, and strong, Oh for a burst of song,Exultant, deep, and strong,One gush of music’s billowy might,To bear my soul awayInto the realms of day,From these dim glacier-caves of Life’s cold night! Oh for a sunset strainWafted o’er slumberous main,To enter, spirit-like, my prisoned heart,And there, with […]
How Should They Know Me?
How Should They Know Me? There are those who deem they know me well,And smile as I tell them “nay!” There are those who deem they know me well,And smile as I tell them “nay!”Who think they may clearly and carelessly tellEach living drop in my heart’s deep well,And lightly enter its inmost cell;But little […]
On the Last Leaf*
On the Last Leaf* Finished at last!Yet for five years past My book on the dusty shelf hath lain,And I hardly thought that ever again My thoughts would follow the pleasant chimeOf musical measure and ringing rhyme. I remember well when I laid it by,Closed with a sort of requiem sigh.S pring in her beauty […]
Remote Results
Remote Results Where are the countless crystals,So perfect and so bright, Where are the countless crystals,So perfect and so bright,That robed in softest ermineThe winter day and night?Not lost! for, life to many a foot,They rise again in flower and fruit. Where are the mighty forests,And giant ferns of old,That in primeval silenceStrange leaf and […]
“Master, Say On!”
“Master, Say On!” Master, speak! Thy servant heareth,Waiting for Thy gracious word, Master, speak! Thy servant heareth,Waiting for Thy gracious word,Longing for Thy voice that cheereth;Master! let it now be heard.I am listening, Lord, for Thee;What hast Thou to say to me? Master, speak in love and power:Crown the mercies of the day.In this quiet […]
Everlasting Love
Everlasting Love “God’s everlasting love! What wouldst thou more?”O true and tender friend, well hast thou spoken. “God’s everlasting love! What wouldst thou more?” O true and tender friend, well hast thou spoken.My heart was restless, weary, sad, and sore,And longed and listened for some heaven-sent token:And, like a child that knows not why it […]
“Now I See”
“Now I See” “Now I see!” But not the partingOf the melting earth and sky, “Now I see!” But not the partingOf the melting earth and sky,Not a vision dread and startling,Forcing one despairing cry.But I see the solemn saying,All have sinned and all must die,Holy precepts disobeying,Guilty all the world must lie.Bending, silenced, to […]
Thy Will Be Done
Thy Will Be Done That one unchanging song of praiseShould from our hearts arise;3That we should know his wondrous ways,Though hidden from the wise;4That we, so sinful and so base,Should know the glory of His grace.5 His will to grant the yearning prayerFor dear ones far away,6That they His grace and love may share,And tread […]
The Right Way
The Right Way Lord, is it still the right way, though I cannot see Thy face,Though I do not feel Thy presence and Thine all-sustaining grace? Lord, is it still the right way, though I cannot see Thy face,Though I do not feel Thy presence and Thine all-sustaining grace?Can even this be leading through the […]
Mary’s Birthday
Mary’s Birthday She is at rest,In God’s own presence blest, She is at rest,In God’s own presence blest,Whom, while with us, this day we loved to greet;Her birthdays o’er,She counts the years no more;Time’s footfall is not heard along the golden street. When we would raiseA hymn of birthday praise,The music of our hearts is […]
Wait Patiently For Him
Wait Patiently For Him God doth not bid thee waitTo disappoint at last; God doth not bid thee waitTo disappoint at last;A golden promise, fair and great,In precept-mould is cast.Soon shall the morning gildThe dark horizon-rim,Thy heart’s desire shall be fulfilled,“Wait patiently for Him.” The weary waiting timesAre but the muffled pealsLow preluding celestial chimes,That […]
God The Provider
God The Provider Who shall tell our untold need,Deeply felt, though scarcely known! Who shall tell our untold need,Deeply felt, though scarcely known!Who the hungering soul can feed,Guard, and guide, but God alone?Blessèd promise! while we seeEarthly friends must powerless be,Earthly fountains quickly dry:“God” shall all your need supply. He hath said it! so we […]
Thine Eyes Shall See!
Thine Eyes Shall See! Thine eyes shall see! Yes, thine, who, blind erewhile,Now trembling towards the new found light dost flee, Thine eyes shall see! Yes, thine, who, blind erewhile,Now trembling towards the new-found light dost flee,Leave doubting, and look up with trustful smileThine eyes shall see! Thine eyes shall see! Not in some dream […]
“I Did This For Thee! What Hast Thou Done For Me?”
“I Did This For Thee! What Hast Thou Done For Me?” I gave My life for thee,My precious blood I shed, I gave My life for thee,My precious blood I shed,That thou might’st ransomed be,And quickend from the dead.I gave My life for thee;What hast thou given for Me? I spent long years for theeIn […]
Faith’s Question
Faith’s Question Jesus, Master, whom I serve,Though so feebly and so ill, Jesus, Master, whom I serve,Though so feebly and so ill,Strengthen hand and heart and nerveAll Thy bidding to fulfil;Open Thou mine eyes to seeAll the work Thou hast for me. Lord, Thou needest not, I know,Service such as I can bring;Yet I long […]
Christ’s Recall
Christ’s Recall Return!O wanderer from My side! Return!O wanderer from My side!Soon droops each blossom of the darkening wild,Soon melts each meteor which thy steps beguiled,Soon is the cistern dry which thou hast hewn,And thou wilt weep in bitterness full soon.Return! ere gathering night shall shroud the wayThy footsteps yet may tread, in this accepted […]
Yesterday, To-Day, and Forever
Yesterday, To – Day, and Forever Ah! the weary cares and fears,Earnest yearnings through the years! Ah! the weary cares and fears,Earnest yearnings through the years!Is it not a vale of tears? Ah! the love we gladly greetEver now is incomplete;If the melody be sweet, And the harmony be true,Earlier loss is more in view,Ill […]
No Thorn Without a Rose
No Thorn Without a Rose “There is no rose without a thorn!”Who has not found this true, “There is no rose without a thorn!”Who has not found this true,And known that griefs of gladness bornOur footsteps still pursue! That in the grandest harmonyThe strangest discords rise;The brightest bow we only traceUpon the darkest skies! No […]
Light and Shade
Light and Shade Light! emblem of all good and joy!Shade! emblem of all ill! Light! emblem of all good and joy!Shade! emblem of all ill!And yet in this strange mingled life,We need the shadow still.A lamp with softly shaded light,To soothe and spare the tender sight,Will only throwA brighter glowUpon our books and work below. […]
Silent in Love
Silent in Love Love culminates in bliss when it doth reachA white, unflickering, fear consuming glow; Love culminates in bliss when it doth reachA white, unflickering, fear consuming glow;And, knowing it is known as it doth know,Needs no assuring word or soothing speech. It craves but silent nearness, so to rest,No sound, no movement, love […]
The Song Chalice
The Song Chalice “You bear the chalice.” Is it so, my friend?Have I indeed a chalice of sweet song, “You bear the chalice.” Is it so, my friend?Have I indeed a chalice of sweet song,With underflow of harmony made strongNew calm of strength through throbbing veins to send?I did not form or fill, I do […]
Disappointment
Disappointment Our yet unfinished storyIs tending all to this: Our yet unfinished storyIs tending all to this:To God the greatest glory,To us the greatest bliss. If all things work togetherFor ends so grand and blest,What need to wonder whetherEach in itself is best! If some things were omittedOr altered as we would,The whole might be […]
Our Father
Our Father “Oh, that I loved the FatherWith depth of conscious love, “Oh, that I loved the FatherWith depth of conscious love,As steadfast, bright, and burning,As seraphim above!But how can I be deemingMyself a loving child,When here, and there, and everywhere,My thoughts are wandering wild? “It is my chief desireTo know Him more and more,To […]
Early Faith
Early Faith Whom hear we tell of all the joy whichloving Faith can bring, Whom hear we tell of all the joy whichloving Faith can bring,The ever-widening glories reached on her strongseraph wing?Is it not oftenest they who long have wrestledwith temptation,Or passed through fiery baptisms of mightytribulation? Perhaps, in life’s great tapestry, the darkestscenes […]
An April Burst of Beauty
An April Burst of Beauty An April burst of beauty,And a May like the Mays of old, An April burst of beauty,And a May like the Mays of old,And a glow of summer gladnessWhile June her long days told;And a hush of golden silenceAll through the bright July,Without one peal of thunder,Or a storm-wreath in […]
Coming Summer
Coming Summer What will the summer bring?Sunshine and flowers, What will the summer bring?Sunshine and flowers,Brightness and melody,Golden voiced hours;Rose-gleaming morningsVocal with praise;Crimson-flushed evenings,Nightingale lays. What may the summer bring?Gladness and mirth,Laughter and song,For the children of earth;Smiles for the old man,Joy for the strong,Glee for the little ones,All the day long. What will the […]
Treasure-Trove
Treasure-Trove I played with the whispering rushes,By a river of reverie, I played with the whispering rushes,By a river of reverie,Flowing so quietly onwardInto an unknown sea. And I watched the dreamy current,Till to my feet it brought,Glistening among the pebbles,The pearl of a fair new thought. New! yet many another,Leaning over the stream,May have […]
The Star Shower
The Star Shower Oh! to raise a mighty shout,And bid the sleepers all come out! Oh! to raise a mighty shout,And bid the sleepers all come out!No dreamer’s fancy, fair and high,Could image forth a grander sky.And oh, for eyes of swifter powerTo follow fast the starry shower!Oh! for a sweep of vision clearTo grasp […]
Sunbeams in the Wood
Sunbeams in the Wood Mark ye not the sunbeams glancingThrough the cool green shade, Mark ye not the sunbeams glancingThrough the cool green shade,On the waving fern-leaves dancing,In the quiet glade? See you how they change and quiverWhere the broad oaks rise,Rippling like a golden riverFrom their fountain skies? On the gray old timber restingLike […]
Misunderstood
Misunderstood “People do not understand me,Their ideas are not like mine; “People do not understand me,Their ideas are not like mine;All advances seem to land me,Still outside their guarded shrine.” So you turn from simple joyance,Losing many a mutual good,Weary with the chill annoyance,So to be misunderstood. Let me try to lift the curtainHiding other […]
Content
Content “What wouldst thou be?’A wavelet just rising from life’s “What wouldst thou be?’A wavelet just rising from life’swide sea.I would I were once again a child,Like a laughing floweret on mountains wild;In the fairy realms of fancy dwelling,The golden moments for sunbeams selling;Ever counting on bright to-morrows,And knowing naught of unspoken sorrows:Such would I […]
One Question, Many Answers
One Question, Many Answers “What wouldst thou be?”The question hath wakened wild thoughts in me, “What wouldst thou be?”The question hath wakened wild thoughts in me,And a thousand responses, like ghosts from their graves,Arise from my soul’s unexplored deep caves,The echoes of every varyng moodOf a wayward spirit all unsubdued;The voices which thrill through my […]
Rest
Rest Made for Thyself, O God!Made for Thy love, Thy service, Thy delight; Made for Thyself, O God! Made for Thy love, Thy service, Thy delight;Made to show forth Thy wisdom, grace, and might;Made for Thy praise, whom veiled archangels land;Oh strange and glorious thought, that we may beA joy to Thee! Yet the heart […]
Auntie’s Lessons
Auntie’s Lessons They said their texts, and their hymnsthey sang They said their texts, and their hymns they sangOn that sunny Sabbath day;And yet there was time ere the church-bell rang,So I bid them trot away,And leave me to rest and read alone,Where the ash-tree’s shade o’er the lawn wasthrown. But oh! ’twas a cry […]
The Great Teacher
The Great Teacher I love to feel that I am taught,And, as a little child, I love to feel that I am taught,And, as a little child,To note the lessons I have learntIn passing through the wild.For I am sure God teaches me,And His own gracious handEach varying page before me spreads,By love and wisdom […]
Be Not Weary
Be Not Weary Yes! He knows the way is dreary,Knows the weakness of our frame, Yes! He knows the way is dreary,Knows the weakness of our frame,Knows that hand and heart are weary;He, “in all points,” felt the same.He is near to help and bless;Be not weary, onward press. Look to Him who once was […]
“A Great Mystery”
“A Great Mystery” There is a hush in earth and sky, The ear is free to list aright There is a hush in earth and sky, The ear is free to list aright In darkness, veiling from the eye The many-colored spells of light. Not heralded by fire and storm, In shadowy outline dimly seen, […]
God’s Message:
God’s Message: To Him That Is Far Off Peace, Peace!To Him That Is Far Off Peace, Peace!To him that is far away.Turn, O wanderer! why wilt thou die,When the peace is made that shall bring theenigh?Listen, O rebel! the heralds proclaimThe King’s own peace through a Saviour’sname:Then yield thee to-day. Peace, peace!The word of the […]
Whom I Serve
Whom I Serve Jesus, Master, whom I serve,Though so feebly and so ill, Jesus, Master, whom I serve,Though so feebly and so ill,Strengthen hand and heart and nerveAll Thy bidding to fulfil;Open Thou mine eyes to seeAll the work Thou hast for me. Lord, Thou needest not, I know,Service such as I can bring;Yet I […]
Wounded
Wounded Only a look and a motion that nobody saw or heard. Only a look and a motion that nobody saw or heard.Past in a moment and over, with never the sound of a word;Streams of converse around me smoothly and cheerily flow,But a terrible stab has been given, a silent and staggering blow. Guesses the […]
Not Your Own
Not Your Own “Not your own!” but His ye are,Who hath paid a price untold “Not your own!” but His ye are,Who hath paid a price untoldFor your life, exceeding farAll earth’s store of gems and gold.With the precious blood of Christ,Ransom treasure all unpriced,Full redemption is procured,Full salvation is assured. “Not your own!” but […]
Life-Crystals
Life-Crystals The world is full of crystals. Swift, or slow, The world is full of crystals. Swift, or slow,Or dark, or bright their varying formation;From pure calm heights of fair untrodden snowTo fire-wrought depths of earliest creation.And life is full of crystals; forming stillIn myriad-shaped results from good and seeming ill. Yes! forming everywhere; in […]
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Thanks be to God! to whom earth owesSunshine and breeze, Thanks be to God! to whom earth owesSunshine and breeze,The heath-clad hill, the vale’s repose,Streamlet and seas,The snowdrop and the summer rose,The many-voiced trees. Thanks for the darkness that revealsNight’s starry dower;And for the sable cloud that healsEach fevered flower;And for the rushing storm […]
Not Yet
Not Yet Not yet thou knowest what I do,O feeble child of earth, Not yet thou knowest what I do,O feeble child of earth,Whose life is but to angel viewThe morning of thy birth!The smallest leaf, the simplest flower,The wild bee’s honey-cell,Have lessons of My love and powerToo hard for thee to spell. Thou knowest […]
Threefold Praise
Threefold Praise What is the first and simplest praise,The universal debt,Which yet the thoughtless heart of manSo quickly may forget?“We bless Thee for creation!”So taught the noble bandWho left a sound and holy form,For ages yet to stand,Rich legacy of praise and prayer,Laid up through ages past,Strong witness for the truth of God:Oh, may we […]
Our Hidden Leaves
Our Hidden Leaves Oh the hidden leaves of Life!Closely folded in the heart; Oh the hidden leaves of Life!Closely folded in the heart;Leaves where Memory’s golden finger,Slowly pointing, loves to linger;Leaves that bid the old tears start. Leaves where Hope would read the future,Sibylline, and charged with fate:Leaves which calm Submission closeth,While her tearless eye […]
The Ministry of Song
The Ministry of Song Amid the broken waters of our ever-restless thought,Oh be my verse an answering gleam from highter radiance caught;That where through dark o’er-arching boughs of sorrow, doubt, and sin,The glorious Star of Bethlehem upon the flood looks in,Its tiny trembling ray may bid some downcast vision turnTo that enkindling Light, for which […]
Only for One
Only for One I have a smile my friends to greet,Hearty and pleasant for all I meet, I have a smile my friends to greet,Hearty and pleasant for all I meet,Hidden from none:But I have a smile that they do not know,Lit by a deeper, tenderer glow,And I keep it bright in my heart below,Only […]
I Bring My Sins to Thee
I Bring My Sins to Thee I bring my sins to Thee,The sins I cannot count, I bring my sins to Thee,The sins I cannot count,That all may cleansed beIn Thy once opened Fount;I bring them Saviour, all to Thee;The burden is too great for me. I bring my griefs to Thee,The grief I cannot […]
I Could Not Do Without Thee
I Could Not Do Without Thee I could not do without Thee,O Saviour of the lost, I could not do without Thee,O Saviour of the lost,Whose precious blood redeemed meAt such tremendous cost:Thy righteousness, Thy pardon,Thy sacrifice, must beMy only hope and comfort,My glory and my plea. I could not do without Thee,I cannot stand […]
They Say There Is a Hollow
They Say There Is a Hollow They say there is a hollow, safe and still,A point of coolness and repose They say there is a hollow, safe and still,A point of coolness and reposeWithin the centre of a flame, where life might dwellUnharmed and unconsumed, as in a luminous shell, Which the bright walls of […]
The Turned Lesson
The Turned Lesson “I thought I knew it!” she said;“I thought I had learnt it quite!” “I thought I knew it!” she said;“I thought I had learnt it quite!”But the gentle teacher shook her head,With a grave, yet loving lightIn the eyes that fell on the upturned face,As she gave the bookWith the mark still […]
August on the Mountains
August on the Mountains There is sultry gloom on the mountain’s browAnd a sultry glow beneath; There is sultry gloom on the mountain’s browAnd a sultry glow beneath;Oh, for a breeze from the western sea,Soft and reviving, sweet and free,Over the shadowless hill and lea,Over the barren heath. There are clouds and darkness around God’s […]
April
April O the wealth of pearly blossom! O the woodland’s emerald gleam!O the welcome, welcome sunshine on the diamond-sparkling stream! O the wealth of pearly blossom! O the woodland’s emerald gleam!O the welcome, welcome sunshine on the diamond-sparkling stream!O the carol from the hawthorn, and the trill from dazzling blue!O the glory of the spring-time, […]
‘The Things Which are Behind’
The Things Which are Behind’ Leave behind earth’s empty pleasure,Fleeting hope and changeful love; Leave behind earth’s empty pleasure,Fleeting hope and changeful love;Leave its soon-corroding treasure;There are better things above. Leave, oh, leave thy fond aspirings,Bid thy restless heart be still;Cease, oh cease, thy vain desirings,Only seek thy Father’s will. Leave behind thy faithless sorrow,And […]
Daily Strength
Daily Strength “As thy day thy strength shall be!”This should be enough for thee; “As thy day thy strength shall be!”This should be enough for thee;He who knows thy frame will spareBurdens more than thou canst bear. When thy days are veiled in night,Christ shall give thee heavenly light;Seem they wearisome and long,Yet in Him […]
Whose I Am
Whose I Am Whose I AmJesus, Master, whose I am, Jesus, Master, whose I am,Purchased Thine alone to be,By Thy blood, O spotless Lamb,Shed so willingly for me;Let my heart be all Thine own,Let me live to Thee alone. Other lords have long held sway;Now, Thy name alone to bear,Thy dear voice alone obey,Is my […]