AS PANTS THE HART by Mrs. M. J. Bahler

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 30, 1886

AS PANTS THE HART.

By Mrs. M. J. Bahler

BY MRS. M. J. BAHLER.

As pants the hart for cooling stream 'Mid desert's burning sand, So pants my soul for God's sweet love And for his guiding hand.

And as when once the thirsting hart The cooling stream doth taste, Its longings bring it oft again In eager, panting haste,

So would my thirsting spirit oft Seek for the strength divine; To-day's sweet help is for to-day; To-morrow's is not mine.

As when the morrow's rising sun Streams o'er the desert wide, The bounding hart in eager haste Seeks quick the cooling tide,

So when the morrow's pressing toil Before my hands shall lie, Then I again will ask for strength, For sure is the supply.

Oakland, Cal.