BROKEN THINGS by George Bancroft Griffith

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · May 20, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 19.

BROKEN THINGS.

By George Bancroft Griffith

THE grain must be crushed ere man is fed, Plants must be bruised to restore his health; From a wasted barrel and empty cruse The prophet restored the widow's wealth. 'Twas by broken pitchers that Gideon won. On the vessel's broken pieces, Paul And his friends were saved; and even Christ By his broken life has ransomed all! By the broken bodies of saints, the truth Was made to triumph, and glorious, too, Was the broken box—earth's broken hopes May bring Heaven's joy and our crown in view; And precious in God's sight appear The broken things that grieved us here. —George Bancroft Griffith.