p. 74 | NEVER BORROW TROUBLE by Christian Woman

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 29, 1878

NEVER BORROW TROUBLE.

By Christian Woman

Every heart some secret sorrow Has, which it cannot reveal, And we often trouble borrow From the woes we never feel.

Griping ever in the darkness, Keeping out the light of day, Struggling ’mid the thorns and briers, When there is a better way;

Go we on thus sad and dreary, Casting shadows everywhere, When we should be blithe and cheery, Making sunshine here and there.

Is there not enough of sorrow In each hour by the way? Take no thought what’s for the morrow, You’ve enough to bear to-day.

Grace sufficient for each trial Is the promise God has made, And he’ll give us no denial When we look to him for aid.

Then no longer borrow trouble, Nor anticipate what’s ill; Would you all your sorrows double, And your cup of woe well fill?

Joyful, though the way is cheerless, Let us climb the rugged hill; There is light amid the darkness, Much to cheer and comfort still.

For a night there may be weeping, Morning brings us sweeter joy; Through the darkest cloud are peeping Rays of light without alloy.

—Christian Woman.