p. 307 | TRUST AND OBEY by Mary M. Lightcap

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 27, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 20.

TRUST AND OBEY.

By Mary M. Lightcap

All night long our Lord's disciples Toiled upon blue Galilee, And, discouraged, landward going, On the shore a stranger see. O'er the waters floats this question— "Children, have ye any meat?" "Nay," they answer, "morning finds us Weary, and with naught to eat." Then the tender, loving Jesus, Ever ready to provide For the wants of all, now bids them Cast their nets on the other side. And their net was filled with fishes When they hearkened to his word. Then the loved disciple knew him, And proclaimed, "It is the Lord." Weary ones, who've long been toiling On life's rough, tempestuous sea, On the shore our Saviour standeth— Let us ne'er discouraged be. We must follow his directing If we would success attain; Cast our nets where'er he bids us, And a rich reward we'll gain. Should affliction's waves beat o'er us, Or the storms of sorrow lower, Still upon the shore he standeth, To protect us by his power. When at last we reach the harbor, And our stormy voyage is o'er, He himself will bid us welcome, To the bright, eternal shore. —Mary M. Lightcap, in Presbyterian Journal.