TRUSTING by A. D. Parker

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 27, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 34.

TRUSTING

By A. D. Parker

BY MRS. A. D. PARKER.

Still will we trust, tho earth seem dark and dreary, And the heart faint beneath the chastening rod; Tho rough and steep our pathway, worn and weary, Still will we trust in God.

Our eyes see dimly, till by faith anointed, And our blind choice oft brings us grief and pain; Through Him alone who hath our way appointed, Can we find peace again.

Choose for us, Lord, nor let our weak preferring Cheat our poor souls of good thou hast designed; Choose for us, Lord; thy wisdom is unerring, And we, like Israel, blind.

So from our sky may night unfurl her shadows, And day pour gladness through the golden gates; Our rough path leads to God's eternal meadows, Where joy our coming waits.

Let us press on, in patient self-denial, Accept the hardship, shrinking not from loss; Our path will reach beyond the hour of trial, Our crown, beyond the cross.

Barrington, Ill.