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 […]