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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jun 19, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 24.

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"NOT AS I WILL."

BLINDFODED and alone I stand. With unknown threshold on each hand; The darkness deepens as I grope, Afraid to fear, afraid to hope, Yet this one thing I learned to know Each day more surely as I go; That doors are opened, ways are made, Burdens are lifted or are laid, By some great law unseen, and still Unfathomed purpose to fulfill— "Not as I will."
Blindfolded and alone I wait; Loss seems too bitter, gain too late; Too heavy burdens in the load: And too few helpers in the road; And joy is weak and grief is strong, And years and days so long, so long: Yet this one thing I learn to know. Each day more surely as I go; That I am glad the good and ill, By changeless law, are ordered still— "Not as I will."
"Not as I will!" the sound grows sweet Each time my lips the words repeat. "Not as I will!" the darkness feels More safe than light when this thought steals, Like whispered voice, to calm and bless Our unrest and our loneliness. "Not as I will!" because the One Who loved us first and best, has gone Before us on the road, and still For us must all his love fulfill— "Not as I will." —Sel.