STILL WATERS by Bessie Johnson-Bellman

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 17, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 20.

STILL WATERS.

By Bessie Johnson-Bellman

WHAT tho the way be rough and steep, Thorny and dark, as on I press, High overhead a beam I keep To hold my soul in cheerfulness. This talisman, so gleaming bright, Illuminates my darkest night: "Be patient, child; canst thou not see? 'Tis by still waters I am leading thee."

And I earnestly strive to make it plain To my mortal vision that I am blest; The lives of others hold more of pain; The world's wide ways leave small space for rest. So, whatever out of my life I miss, Comfort I find when He tells me this: "On, press on, toward the true and the right; By waters still thou shalt lie down at night."

BESSIE JOHNSON-BELLMAN. Howard, Kansas.