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LIFE'S PROBLEM

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Jun 20, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 25.

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LIFE'S PROBLEM.

By Annie L. Holberton

[Annie L. Holberton, in Sabbath Recorder.]
LORD, give us strength from day to day To bear the trials on our way, Patience to bear the little ills, The common care that each day fills, Until we pause and ask, Where is the grand design of life? When trammeled with its petty strife, That jars and crowds the good half wrought, And higher aim the soul has sought, Beyond this weary task.
The toil of swift-receding years, The happiness dissolved in tears, Seem fruitless, and of less avail The fondly-cherished hopes that fail, While wintry days draw near. What might have been, yet will not be— The yearning heart some day may see Why a wise Providence denied The gifts for which the soul has sighed, The wishes held so dear.
The prayers we raise in mute appeal, A clearer light may yet reveal Their answer from Almighty hand, In ways we do not understand. While heaven's record holds The tracing of our best resolves, Eternity the problem solves, The world's injustice to requite, All that was shadowed bring to light, When God life's page unfolds.