HYMN

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 28, 1873

Bear the burden of the present, Let the morrow bear its own: If the morning sky be pleasant, Why the coming night bemoan?

If the blackened heavens lower, Wrap thy cloak around thy form; Though the tempest rise in power, God is mightier than the storm.

Steadfast faith and hope unshaken Animate the trusting breast; Step by step, the journey's taken Nearer to the land of rest.

All unseen, the Master walketh By the toiling servant's side; Comfortable words he talketh, While his hands uphold and guide.

Grief, nor pain, nor any sorrow Rends thy heart to Him unknown; He to-day and he to-morrow, Grace sufficient gives his own.

Holy strivings nerve and strengthen; Long endurance wins the crown; When the evening shadows lengthen, Thou shalt lay the burden down.

—Sel.