p. 10 | HOPE DEFERRED by Henry W. Jessup

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 8, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 23.

“HOPE DEFERRED.”

By Henry W. Jessup

BY HENRY W. JESSUP.

Be patient, weary one; His ways are not as thine. His mills grind slowly. Yet if He mark the sparrow’s fall, much more He seeth thine, He thinketh on the lowly.

Wait patiently for Him; eternal are His plans, And thee He useth. The Master Workman will not break His tools, Yet thee He bruiseth?

Still trust in Him; thy prayer unanswered seemeth? But it was heard. And shall be answered—lo! the promise gleameth Clear in His Word.

Then wait and trust—so shall He give to thee Thy heart’s desire. Tho He defer it till thy gold’s refined In cleansing fire.

—Christian Work.