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IF I COULD ONLY KNOW

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Mar 4, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 9.

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IF I COULD ONLY KNOW.

"Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." 1 Peter 5:7.
If I could only surely know That all these things that tire me so Were noticed by my Lord,— The pang that cuts me like a knife, The noise, the weariness, the strife,— What peace it would afford!
I wonder if He really shares In all these little human cares, This mighty King of kings; If He who guides through boundless space Each blazing planet in its place, Can have the condescending grace To mind these petty things!
It seems to me, if sure of this, Blent with each ill would come such bliss That I might covet pain, And deem whatever brought to me The loving thought of Deity, And sense of Christ's sweet sympathy, Not loss, but richest gain.
Dear Lord, my heart shall no more doubt That thou dost compass me about With sympathy divine. The love for me One crucified, Is not the love to leave my side, But waiteth ever to divide Each smallest care of mine. —Selected.