CONSIDER. Consider The lilies of the field whose bloom is brief, Like them we fade away, As doth a leaf. Consider The sparrows of the air of small account; Whether they fall or mount— He guards us too. Consider The lilies that do neither spin nor toil, Yet are most fair; What profits all this care And all this toil? Consider The birds that have no barn nor harvest weeks God gives them food; Much more our Father seeks To do us good. THE SHADOW OF THE ROCK, AND OTHER POEMS. THE SHADOW OF THE ROCK HE Shadow of the Rock! Night treads upon the heels of day; The Rock is near, The well is clear Rest in the Shadow of the Rock! The Shadow of the Rock! Lies round thee like a trackless tide, The sun is gone, Thou art alone Rest in the Shadow of the Rock! The Shadow of the Rock! All come alone; תי THE SHADOW OF THE ROCK. 8 All, over since the sun hath shone, A home is here— Rest in the Shadow of the Rock! The Shadow of the Rock! How the palms whisper as they stand! How the well tinkles faintly through the "and Cool water take Thy thirst to slake Rest in the Shadow of the Rock! The Shadow of the Rock! This Rock moves ever at thy side, Beneath its shade Rest in the Shadow of the Rock! The Shadow of the Rock! Unseen it cools the noon-tide land, And quells the fire that flickers in the sand. It comes in sight Only at night Rest in the Shadow of the Rock! THE SHADOW OF THE ROCK. The Shadow of the Rock! It gathers shadows out of heaven, And holds them o'er us all night cool and even Through the charmed air Dew falls not there Rest in the Shadow of the Rock! The Shadow of the Rock! This Rock its shadow multiplies, And at this hour in countless places lies. One Rock, one shade, O'er thousands laid Rest in the Shadow of the Rock! 9 The Shadow of the Rock! That have been diligent and fleet, The sleep is deeper and the shade more sweet. O weary, rest! Thou art sore pressed— Rest in the Shadow of the Rock! The Shadow of the Rock! Crowds of tired souls like thine are laid This night beneath the self-same placid shade 10 NIGHT SONG. They who rest here Wake with Heaven near Rest in the Shadow of the Rock. The Shadow of the Rock! In night's swift hours with silent bound, The Rock will put thee over leagues of ground, Gaining more way By night than day Rest in the Shadow of the Rock! The Shadow of the Rock! Thou scarce wilt hope the Rock to gain, Yet there wilt sleep thy last sleep on the plain And only wake In Heaven's daybreak— Rest in the Shadow of the Rock! NIGHT SONG. Hthe darkness of thy woe, EART, be still! Bow thee silently and low; Comes to thee whate'er God will;- |