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PERFECTION IN CHRIST

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 1, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 40.

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PERFECTION IN CHRIST.

By Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle

MRS. L. D. AVERY-STUTTLE.
HAVE Thou thy way with me; thou knowest best Whether to send me toil or quiet rest; Whether the cross which day and night I bear Is but proportioned to thy love and care. Thou knowest, Lord, whether ’twere best for me The thorny path to dark Gethsemane; Or gloomy road, with threat’ning shadows gray, Or flowery path, with rose-besprinkled way.
Thou knowest best; for thou, O Christ, art wise; Thy wondrous wisdom framed the arching skies, And shall I fear thou’lt needless add one care, One thorn within the crown thou bidst me wear? Shall I not trust such wisdom, Lord, as thine, Safely to steer such tiny craft as mine?
And thou art strong; I may not understand The wondrous strength of thine almighty hand. I am so weak,—what joy to lean on thee! I am so frail,—grant thou thy strength to me. What ecstasy to know that One so strong Doth gently bear my trembling soul along!
But, best of all, O Jesus, thou art love; Vain without this, thy mighty strength would prove; Vain without this, thy wisdom and thy power, Hadst thou no love to give me hour by hour. STRENGTH, WISDOM, LOVE,— all infinite in thee, Thou Rock of Ages,—Christ of Calvary.