ENDURANCE by Nelia Snow

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Feb 6, 1907

ENDURANCE.

By Nelia Snow

WHEN o'er the azure of your sky The blighting storm-clouds sweep, And by the tempest cherished joys Are crushed and buried deep, Let not your soul be overwhelmed; Be brave, and cease to weep.

If careful plans have come to naught, Your house of peace o'erthrown, And rankest weeds the place has filled Where seed of good was sown; View not the scene in dark despair, Have faith; God tries His own.

When you are called to suffer long, And pain seems hard to bear, The enemy e'er tempting you To think God does not care, Remember 'tis a privilege With Christ a part to share.

And have you vainly struggled long In efforts to be free From follies and from subtle sins Which mar humanity? Trust then no longer your own strength, In Christ is victory.

To those who shall endure in faith He promises a crown; By harshness be thou not dismayed, Nor by the worldling's frown; But bravely still bear up the cross, Till called to lay it down.

NELIA SNOW.