I'D LIKE TO KNOW by A. R. Wilcox

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 6, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 18.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

By A. R. Wilcox

I'd like to know the depth Of God's great love for me, How could there mercy flow To make the sinner free; How could He give His Son, As dear to Him as life, To suffer here alone, A world of deadly strife? Yet not alone, but near By faith His Father came; This blessed trust to-day Is offered just the same. The weary ones who faint And struggle in the fight, The Heavenly Arm makes strong Their weakness in its might. O, could I only feel, If but for one short day, The mighty love that bore In Him the conquering sway, It seems my heart would glow With warmth so strong and true, That ages ne'er could dim Nor light the flame anew!

A. R. WILCOX.

Athens, Vt.