The Home Circle by Mrs. M. B. H. Hazen

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

The Home Circle.

By Mrs. M. B. H. Hazen

PATIENCE.

DEAR heart, and does thy sail impatient wait Upon the silent sea, With not a breath of wind that, soon or late, May waft thee safely to the harbor gate, Where thou wouldst gladly be?

Be patient, heart, and wait thy time to go; Be sure the hour will come When either on the tidal ebb or flow, Or when the winds may soft or fiercely blow, Thy God will guide thee home.

'Tis easier far to reef thy fresh'ning sail Upon a stormy sea, To hold within thy hand the rudder frail, And bravely face the coming of the gale, Than safe and idle be.

Thy God, be sure, has set some task for thee, All idle though thou art, Some task whose outward form thou mayst not see, Some work of hidden meaning, though to thee It seem an idle part.

So heart, dear heart, be patient still, and wait Upon the silent sea. In God's own time the wind, or soon or late, Will waft thee safely to the harbor gate, Where thou shalt happy be. —Mrs. M. B. H. Hazen, in S. S. Times.