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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Apr 7, 1904

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 81, No. 14.

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Trust Him

By Amelia M. Starkweather

Let no troubled care attend thee; Bid thy days be free from strife; Heed the precepts of the Master: “Take no anxious thought for life. Ye are better than the raiment, And the life is more than meat.” Work and wait, but never worry, And thy joys shall be complete. For behold the fowls of heaven, How they sow not, neither reap; Yet your Heavenly Father feedeth; Trust him, trust him, Trust him now thy life to keep.
Or consider how the lilies Toil not, neither do they spin; Yet with all thy wit and wisdom, Thou canst not such glory win. If our Father feeds the sparrow, Clothes the lily of the field, Why not for thine own to-morrow Trust it will a blessing yield? For behold the fowls of heaven, How they sow not, neither reap; Yet your Heavenly Father feedeth; Trust him, trust him, Trust him now thy life to keep.
O what gain to trust the Master; What reward thy faith insures; What a blessed peace and comfort, That forevermore endures! Cast, then, all thy burdens on him, For he surely cares for thee; And he’ll bear thee in his bosom Safely o’er life’s mystic sea. For behold the fowls of heaven, How they sow not, neither reap; Yet your Heavenly Father feedeth; Trust him, trust him, Trust him now thy life to keep.
— Amelia M. Starkweather, in Pittsburg Christian Advocate.