p. 1 | STILL WITH THEE by Harriet Beecher Stowe

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 10, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 15.

STILL WITH THEE.

By Harriet Beecher Stowe

"When I awake, I am still with Thee." Ps. 139:18.

STILL, still with Thee, when purple morning breaketh, When the bird waketh, and the shadows flee; Fairer than morning, lovlier than daylight, Dawns the sweet consciousness—I am with Thee.

Alone with Thee, amid the mystic shadows, The solemn hush of nature newly born; Alone with Thee in breathless adoration, In the calm dew and freshness of the morn.

As in the dawning, o'er the waveless ocean, The image of the morning star doth rest, So in this stillness Thou beholdest only Thine image in the waters of thy breast.

When sinks the soul, subdued by toil, to slumber, Its closing eye looks up to Thee in prayer, Sweet the repose, beneath thy wings o'er shadowing, But sweeter still to wake and find Thee there.

So shall it be at last, in that bright morning, When the soul waketh, and life's shadows flee; Oh! in that hour, fairer than daylight's dawning, Shall rise the glorious thought, I am with Thee. —Harriet Beecher Stowe.