SATISFIED

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 16, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 24.

I CAN not say, Beneath the presence of life's cares to-day, I joy in these; But I can say That I would rather walk the rugged way If Him it please.

I can not feel That all is well when darkening clouds conceal The shining sun; But then I know God lives and loves—can say, since it is so, “Thy will be done.”

I do not see Why God should e’er permit some things to be, When He is love; But I can see, Tho often dimmed through mystery, His hand above.

I can not speak In happy tones—the tear-drops on my cheek Show I am sad; But I can speak Of grace to suffer with submission meek Until made glad.

I do not look Upon the present, nor in nature’s book, To read my fate; But I do look For promised blessings in God’s holy Book, And I can wait.

I may not try To keep the hot tears back, but hush the sigh, “It might have been,” And try to still All rising murmurs, and to God’s sweet will Respond, “Amen!”

—New York Tribune.