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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 25, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 4.

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My Adoption

By Edith Smith Casebeer

O to get close to the Saviour, to touch Him, To feel His strong hand round my weak one close pressed; O to be sure of a Saviour's forgiveness; O for a calmness of soul, and for rest.
The works of my past life, how strangely they bind me; By the cords of my own sins I feel I am held. Through the darkness, O Jesus, my hands reach to find Thee. O that I by Thy Spirit, dear Lord, might be filled.
For I am afraid of the evils around me. Everywhere is perplexity, darkness, and fear; There's no rest in this world, and I dare not go onward And cross the dark river which I feel is so near.
In Thy Word, Lord, I read of a peace that Thou givest, Of a rest unto all who are burdened with care; Unto all who need help Thou art lovingly calling. O God, help Thou me, for I come; hear my prayer.
O to be close to my Saviour! to touch Him! He tenderly folds me with love to His breast. How wonderfully sweet to feel sure of forgiveness, How good to feel calm in my soul, and to rest. EDITH SMITH CASEBEER.