THE HIDDEN MEANING by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Jun 27, 1900

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

THE HIDDEN MEANING.

By Ella Wheeler Wilcox

WHATEVER evil falls across my path, I straightway look, with optimistic eyes, To see what purpose underneath it lies. For I believe always God's seeming wrath Is but the vail to some intended good, By men not understood.

But if we will take time amidst our grief To search for it, I think we can not fail To find the hidden meaning 'neath the vail, And, having found it, lo! we find relief; And what has seemed a cruel, chastening rod, Proves the kind touch of God. —Ella Wheeler Wilcox.