The Home Circle | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 10, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 22.

The Home Circle.

“HE LEADETH ME.”

“In pastures green?”—Not always; sometimes he Who knoweth best, in kindness leadeth me In weary ways, where heavy shadows be; Out of the sunshine, warm, and soft, and bright, Out of the sunshine into darkest night, I oft would faint with sorrow and affright, Only for this,—I know he holds my hand; So whether led in green or desert land, I trust, although I may not understand. “And by still waters?”—No, not always so; Ofttimes the heavy tempests round me blow, And o’er my soul the waves and billows go. But when the storm beats loudest, and I cry Aloud for help, the Master standeth by, And whispers to my soul, “Lo, it is I.” Above the tempest wild I hear him say, “Beyond this darkness lies the perfect day; In every path of thine I lead the way.” So where he leads me I can safely go; And in the blest hereafter I shall know Why, in his wisdom, he hath led me so. —N. E. Journal of Education.