JESUS KNOWS. Nor those alone whom Jesus bids, Go point lost sinners to My cross, The victor's palm shall bear, "Tis not alone when days are bright, When heaven seems bending low to bless, And life is full and sweet; Not then alone the loving Lord His heavenly blessings sheds; The cheerful givers are not all Jesus Knows. The Master reckons not our gifts By their intrinsic worth. "Give Me thy heart!" oh! gracious word, That I, too, may obey! And glad I come, and at Thy feet, My life, my all, I lay : Content if Thou alone, my Lord, A life whose secret springs are hid "For the footstool of humility, Sits close beside the throne." Others may gird their sandals on, He noteth still the sparrow's fall, 19 20 Breaking Stones upon the Road. Then, dear Lord Christ, take Thou my hand, For Thou art still the Way. And if Thou bid'st me go or stay, My humbled heart I'll lift to Thee, And whisper, Jesus knows. L. G. R. BREAKING STONES UPON THE ROAD. NEAR a path where stood embowered Many a sumptuous abode, Sat an old man, with a hammer Curiously I oft had noted How absorbed he seemed to be, Passing round him constantly. Breaking Stones upon the Road. "Your's must be an irksome business, Void of interest, poorly paidBreaking stones from morn to even ”Once, inquiringly I said. And his toil he did not slacken, "What you say about my calling If my wants were great or many: "To my mind, men do not differ Very greatly, after all, And 'tis little more than fancy Makes us think one great or small. "To one end we all are toiling, Varying only in the mode, Making smooth the path before us Breaking stones upon the road! 21 22 Breaking Stones upon the Road. "All our boasted men of science, "Are not men whose earnest preaching "Skilled inventors, great explorers, 66 No; men do not greatly differ, This was all the old man uttered, Thanking him, I went away. |