God Knows by Mrs. I. J. Powell

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 25, 1913

God Knows

By Mrs. I. J. Powell

By Mrs. I. J. Powell.

God knows the pain, the care, the sorrow, That rankles daily in this weary breast; He knows the wants, the hopes, the longings, That thrill these heart-strings with such wild unrest.

He knows the snares the tempter flings around me, To keep me, if may be, from upward trend; He also knows the victor's crown that waits me If I am faithful, even to the end.

When the storms of life are fiercely raging, I sometimes falter, and I lose my way; He knows the clouds that round me thickly gather Are but the heralds of a brighter day.

Then, soul of mine, be still, and cease thy longing, Content to do the heavenly Master's will; For know in His good time, beside the crystal river Of peace and bliss, thou then shalt have thy fill.

Meridian, Idaho.