Commit thy way unto the Lord. Often since, as I have pondered Of the busy throng we meet, All their time and all their labour Breaking stones upon the road! COMMIT THY WAY UNTO THE LORD. COMMIT thy way unto the Lord, Trust in His gracious Power, And He will help and strength afford For every needful hour. He'll succour thee in deep distress, And guide thee through the wilderness. What though the furnace heated be? And brighter will the gold become That's purified by fire; 23 24 Commit thy way unto the Lord. "Till God's dear image, all Divine, Distrust Him not, nor doubt His plan, And bring thy burden and thy care And He will prove, e'en to the end, And brighter still thy path shall shine, He'll lead thee through the darksome night Thy cross and burden then laid down, Thou shalt receive the promised crown; And there upon those golden shores Thy tears all shed, thy trials o'er, Muscatine, Iowa. HARRIET E. COOK. Resignation. 25 RESIGNATION. I KNOW not if the dark or bright If that wherein my hopes delight It may be mine to drag for years Or day and night my meat be tears Dear faces may surround my hearth Or I may dwell alone, and mirth My bark is wafted to the strand And on the helm there rests a hand Other than mine. One who has known in storms to sail Above the raging of the gale I hear my Lord. He holds me when the billows smite; If sharp, 'tis short, if long, 'tis light,— Safe to the land-safe to the land! The end is this; And then with Him go hand in hand Far into bliss! DEAN ALFORD. RESTING. (From the French of Th. Monod: "Sur toi je me repose.") ON Thee my heart is resting: Ah! this is rest indeed! Thy love is all my stay ; Resting. Our Father's home in glory On Thee my heart is resting; Great is my guilt, but greater Hast died that I should live. Through me, Thou gentle Master, I yield myself for ever To Thy most holy will. What though I be but weakness? The poorest of Thy people 27 |