HYMN by Laura Harvey

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 21, 1875

HYMN

By Laura Harvey

“So He bringeth them to their desired haven.”— Ps. 107:30.

How does He lead them? This they cannot tell, They only know he doeth all things well— Through fire and water some, where floods do meet, O’er briars and thorns, with torn and bleeding feet, Where tempests rage and storms burst overhead, And clouds portentous all around are spread; But still he leads them, rough or smooth the way, And all his paths are peace, and lead to day.

And some, where springs abound and pastures sweet, Go singing all the way with gladsome feet; And some he leadeth gently on the way, Guiding the wandering steps that fain would stray; Others go trembling on the road for fear, With faith so weak that will not see him near— But still he leads them, rough or smooth the way, Who follow on to know. He shows the way.

How does he draw them? Some by cords of love, That sweetest cord to lift the soul above. But not all thus—so wisely doth he lead— Love would not always answer to their need; And so, by other cords—pain, fear, unrest— But always just the one most fit and best; And so he draws them from themselves and sin, Until they find their perfect rest in him.

How does he keep them? This is theirs alone To whom the secret of the Lord is known— In perfect peace, though outward foes prevail, They stand upon a Rock none dare assail; Though every human prop has given way, They rest in him, their comforter and stay— And so he keeps them till, their journey o’er, They enter in where they go out no more. —Laura Harvey.