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GOD UNDERSTANDS

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 13, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 18.

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GOD UNDERSTANDS.

MAN cannot read the baffled purpose true; Man cannot see the good I fain would do; Nor trace aright life's mazed, perplexing strands; One understands—He only understands.
One only tells if triumph, or defeat; For One alone doth strength and weakness mete; The hidden fountain, and the desert sands— Fullness and need alike, He understands.
Whether with swift and eager tread I go, Or reach my Lord by painful steps and slow, What matter—since I bide His dear commands, Who, now and always, wholly understands? —Faith and Works.