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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 23, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 17.

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Wait for God

By Edgar C. Mason

O soul, so sore oppressed And fraught with pain, So burdened and distressed With struggles vain, Thy struggling cease, and fix thy hope in God, And meekly bow beneath the chastening rod, And wait for God.
Thy soul must needs be still, And patient wait; God’s holy, sovereign will Shall fix thy fate: The holy things of God belong to God; Thy constant part to pray and hope and plod, And wait for God.
If thou hast wrought and prayed As if in vain, Let no rash zeal invade God’s own domain; Thy part to plant and till the stubborn sod, And keep the path that patient faith has trod, And wait for God.
To wait is not of sloth, But doing well; For faith and works are both The powers that tell. Thine is to be and do thy very best, And leave with God to be and do the rest— But wait for God.
— Edgar C. Mason.