THE LORD SHALL GUIDE by Mrs. L. D. A. Stuttle

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 26, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 13.

THE LORD SHALL GUIDE.

By Mrs. L. D. A. Stuttle

BY MRS. L. D. A. STUTTLE.

His hand shall guide thee, O my soul; Fear not life's thorny path to tread; Though tempests rage, and billows roll, And lightnings flash above thy head; He cares for thee—his hand shall guide, And angels journey by thy side.

Sometimes the friends of other days, Those whom thy heart believed were true, Have left thee in life's 'wildered maze, Their friendship vanished like the dew. Thy cries for aid they heeded not, Their vows of friendship all forgot.

But he will not forget, I know, My blessed Master and my friend, False though I've proven all below, He'll guide me to my journey's end; And o'er life's rough and dangerous sea, His loving arms encircle me.

And though I'm called to lay me down, And close my weary eyes in death, If I may wear the victor's crown, I'll gladly yield my faltering breath. I will not heed the breakers' roar, For Christ hath passed this way before.

And should my worthless life be spared, Till he my glorious Lord shall come, He whom my every toil hath shared, Shall bear me to my Eden home; Then shall these "light afflictions" seem E'en like a cloud,—a passing dream.

Vernon, Mich.