58 Simply Trusting. "Rock of Ages, cleft for me," All life's joys and sorrows hid. Wilt thou need a place to hide. Could the sightless sunken eyes, Closed beneath the soft gray hair, Could the mute and stiffened lips Move again in pleading prayerStill, aye still, the words would be, "Let me hide myself in Thee." SIMPLY TRUSTING. My God, I do not fear To yield myself to Thee; However strange Thy will appear, It must be good for me. O Father, kind, and wise, and strong, Thy will can do no creature wrong. Job II. 10. The little babe at rest Becomes my minister; It lies upon its mother's breast, Ah, foolish babe, if it should dread The heart that throbs beneath its head. I do not fear to trust, My little all to Thee; Thy every motion must be just, Will as Thou wilt-my joy be still, To kiss Thy sweet and sacred will! GEO. WADE ROBINSON. JOB II. 10. I have had my days of blessing, Then let faith and patience cheer me, Where is life without a tear? "Yes, O Lord! a sinner looking "Let me o'er transgression weeping, Strength to meet each tribulation, "While, 'mid earthly tears and sighing, C. F. GELLERT. Little Barbara's Hymn. 61 LITTLE BARBARA'S HYMN. A mother stood by her spinning-wheel, Little Barbara, watching the spinning-wheel, "Whether we sleep, or whether we wake, We are His who gave His life for our sake.” That night, in her dreams, as she sleeping lay, Came back, till she seemed to hear again The hum of the thread and the quaint old strain : "Whether we sleep, or whether we wake, We are His who gave His life for our sake." 62 Little Barbara's Hymn. Next morning, with bounding heart and feet, A wanderer sat on a wayside stone, "Whether we sleep, or whether we wake, We are His who gave His life for our sake." Toiling all day in a crowded room, "Whether we sleep or whether we wake, We are His who gave His life for our sake." A mourner sat by her loved one's bier, The sun seemed darkened, the world was drear; |