THE FAITH I WANT by Robert M. Offord

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 30, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 26.

THE FAITH I WANT.

By Robert M. Offord

BY ROBERT M. OFFORD.

I WANT a faith that will not falter When deepest shadows fall, That changing seasons cannot alter, That 'mid the wildest tempest dwells in peace, With calmness waits the raging storm's surcease, And sings its way through all.

I WANT a faith that, ever resting On God alone for strength, May, shock of battle boldly breasting, Fear not the force of e'en unnumbered foes, But fight till their retreating ranks disclose The victory won at length.

I WANT a faith which, when kept waiting For gift it seeks in prayer, May, by its own anticipating, Though human reason deems the hope in vain, Possess the joy it covets, nor complain, Though God may long forbear.

I WANT a faith whose steady luster Shall shed its cheering rays Where sorrows do most thickly cluster; Whose shining radiance will the brighter grow As earthly tapers lose their feeble glow, And life seems lost in maze.

—N. Y. Observer.