In God's Good Time by John A. Howell

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 25, 1908

In God's Good Time

By John A. Howell

In God's good time we'll see the reason why To some he gives, to others must deny; We shall not think it strange, or wonder then, Why different gifts he gives to different men.

In God's good time the feet we thought so strong We'll find could not have run the jour- ney long; The willing hand had palsied ’ere it wrought; In mercy God denied them what they sought.

In God's good time, the will that was most weak We'll learn was stayed by cross it did not seek; The careless heart had trifled all its days; In mercy, God with shadows spread its ways.

In God's good time no sigh will seek release For that which now we deem would grant us peace; We'll know that, had we cast ourselves the lot, The path had led where peace abideth not.

In God's good time we'll understand the pain, Which now we feel, was big for us with gain; That, had we travailed less, the child of strength Would never from the soul have leaped at length.

In God's good time, with all life's les- sons learned, The purpose in this training then dis- cerned, We shall not think it strange, or wonder then, Why different gifts God gave to differ- ent men.

— John A. Howell.