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AN ANSWERED PRAYER

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 4, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 5.

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AN ANSWERED PRAYER.

By Marianne Farningham

O GIVE me a message of quiet, I asked in my morning prayer; For the turbulent spirit within me Is more than my heart can bear! Around there are strife and discord, And the storms that do not cease, And the whirl of the world is on me. Thou only canst give me peace.
I opened the dear old Bible And looked at a page of psalms, Till the wintry sea of my trouble Was soothed by its summer calms. For the words that have helped so many, And that ages have made more dear, Were strong in their power to comfort, And they brought me my word of cheer.
Like music of solemn singing Their words came down to me: "The Lord is slow to anger, And of mercy great is He. Each generation praiseth His works of long renown, The Lord upholdeth all that fall, And raiseth the bowed down."
I found that when He gives quiet No other can trouble make; Pardon and peace and safety Lie in the path I take. So, stronger to carry the burden, I met my day of care, For my heart was lightened and joyous With the peace of an answered prayer.
—Marianne Farningham.