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There Is No Chance

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 20, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 29.

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There Is No Chance

By Worthie Harris Holden

WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN
THERE is no chance. God's sovereign will The universe bends to fulfil, And all the myriad worlds on high Circle his mandates in the sky. Though man with care his sphere has planned, God still his schemes may countermand. In vain was Herod's dire decree; The plot against the Hebrew three; The counsel which his brothers brought By Joseph's God was set at naught. Man strives for what he deemeth good,— By God alone ’tis understood; And griefs we mourn, by him are seen The stone to rest our Bethel dream. Sometimes we “chance” to do or dare, And learn erelong our God led there; We “happen” oft to lose or gain, And find he meted joy or pain. Constant his care by night or day; Then trust to him thy life for aye.
Portland, Ore.