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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Feb 17, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 7.

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NOT FORSAKEN.

By Arthur K. Fox

BY ARTHUR K. FOX.
"I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." Heb. 13:5.
WHEN blackest clouds and deepest gloom Shut from thy path the light, And darker than the silent tomb To thee seems sorrow's night, When hope is well-nigh gone from thee, From this thy comfort take— In sorrow's ever-troubled sea Thy Saviour never will forsake.
When in thy pride thou wilt not see That all things come from God, When He in love chastizeth thee Thou wilt not kiss the rod; When thou art bowed with grief or pain And sorrow's cruel ache, Remember sunshine follows rain, Thy Saviour never will forsake.
If, o'er thy life's bright summer day, The cloud of death should cross, And all the skies be turned to gray, And heavier seem thy loss Than thy poor human heart can bear, Take courage, let not hope forsake; The wildest storm but clears the air, And He that calms is e'er awake.
In every trouble, every ill, That comes to us on earth, There may be found some solace still, Some lesson of great worth; If we but see the brighter side, And this our watchword make, Tho sorrow, troubles, death betide, My Saviour never will forsake.