The Home Circle by Marianne Farningham

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 5, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 30.

The Home Circle.

By Marianne Farningham

AN ANSWERED PRAYER.

"Oh, give me a message of quiet," I ask in my morning prayer; "For the turbulent trouble within me Is more than my heart can bear. Around there is strife and discord, And the storms that do not cease, And the whirl of the world is on me— Thou only canst give me peace."

I opened the old, old Bible, And looked at a page of Psalms, Till the wintry sea of my trouble Was smoothed by its summer calms. For the words that have helped so many, And the pages that seemed more dear, Seemed new in their power to comfort, And they brought me my word of cheer.

Like music of solemn singing These words came down to me— "The Lord is slow to anger, And of mercy great is he; Each generation praiseth His works of long renown, The Lord upholdeth all that fall, And raiseth the bowed down."

That gave me the strength I wanted; I knew the Lord was nigh; All that was making me sorry Would be better by and by; I had but to wait in patience, And keep at my Father's side, And nothing would really hurt me, Whatever might betide. —Marianne Farningham.