LORD, CAREST THOU NOT THAT WE PERISH?

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 6, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 39.

"LORD, CAREST THOU NOT THAT WE PERISH?"

O Lord, we perish! Dost thou, then, not care That the wild waves should o'er thy children sweep? Oh, faithless hearts, was he not with you there, And thought ye He could perish in the deep?

And, lo! he dwelleth with his loved ones still, Though weak and erring oft they seem to be; For well he knows all this world's boasted skill Shall fail to guide them o'er life's stormy sea.

Oh, Christian! of one thing alone make sure, That Christ is with thee; then speed on thy way; Thy bark, though frail, shall every storm endure, For He is there whom wind and wave obey. —Selected.