HE “GIVETH GRACE.” JAMES 4:6.
By Lilla D. Avery
He will give us grace in the hour of need,
If we ask for his love and care;
When the tempter comes in the trying hour,
He will give us strength, and impart us power,
And answer our feeblest prayer. He will give us grace, though the path be dark,
And we scarcely can see the way,
But oh! if we cling to His mighty hand,
He will guide our steps to that better land,
Where all will be light as day. He will give us grace, though the storm be rough,
And the waves beat high and wild.
He will speak the word to the angry sea,
And the stormy billows will quiet be
At the sound of His voice so mild. He will give us grace. Though the world may scorn,
We will patiently kneel and pray,
We will turn for help to the Crucified,
He will fold us close to his bleeding side,
And he never will turn away. He will give us grace, when the friends forsake
That we thought to be tried and true;
When our hearts are torn by the cruel word,
We will cry for strength to our blessed Lord,
And he surely will bring us through. He will give us grace, till the victory’s won,
And the shadows have fled away.
From sorrow and sighing we’ll soon be free,
And the “King in his beauty” our eyes shall see,
In the morn of eternal day.