TRUSTING IN THE LORD by Mary E. Guilford

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 23, 1870

TRUSTING IN THE LORD.

By Mary E. Guilford

Weary, and worn with toil and care, With aching heart, and anguished brow, In humble faith and earnest prayer, Lord, helpless at thy feet I bow.

Lonely and sad, I come to thee, To tell the trials of the day; I know thou'lt not despise my plea, Nor empty turn my soul away.

Beset with cares on every side; My heart grows faint, and doubts perplex, While pains invade, and woes betide, And fear and sin my soul doth vex.

I would not ask some easier way, Nor one less fraught with anxious care; But grace to help me day by day, With cheerfulness my lot to bear.

I would not shrink from duty's task, Nor wish the burden to be light; 'Tis heavenly wisdom that I ask, To guide me in the path of right;

Help me each doubt and fear remove; Cleanse me from sin and make me whole; Assurance give of thy dear love, So precious to the weary soul.

With patience, Lord, I'll run the race, Until I win the victor's prize; Till grief and pain to joy give place, Within the realms of Paradise.

MARY E. GUILFORD.

Castalia, Ohio.