RESIGNATION by Margaret Holmes

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 30, 1896

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 22, No. 30.

RESIGNATION

By Margaret Holmes

With maimed and empty hands, Lord, here am I, Awaiting thy commands; I only cry: What wilt thou have me do For thee or thine? The lovely things that grew For me and mine, Before my face have died; Naught now remains Of hope or joy or pride, Or sordid stains.

I know some purpose lies Within thy ways, And thou hast heard my cries Through all the days That dark and darker grew; And still I cry: What wilt thou have me do? Lord, here am I.

—Margaret Holmes.