Peace in Trouble by Episcopal Recorder

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 5, 1862

Peace in Trouble.

By Episcopal Recorder

Among the wonders of God's power Is that it can bring us peace, While the blow we dreaded falls, While the joys we cherish cease.

'Tis not that the stroke is light, Or that we should count it small; But the grace that with it comes Sanctifies and sweetens all.

Yet this blessing is reserved Only for the smitten heart; He alone the balm may taste Who hath felt the bitter smart.

Thou mayst less of sorrow know, It may be high heaped o'er me; But a feast for me is spread That was never spread for thee.

Not that I am thus upheld, While thy steps are left to slide; Mine are heavier weights of grief, Mine are fuller joys beside.

Why should I from trouble shrink, Or new woes refuse to bear, If they are Christ's messengers, Charged with blessings rich and rare?

Not beneath unclouded skies, Not midst smooth prosperity, Doth it please our risen Lord We his form most plain should see.

But when storm and tempest blow, Then he calls us by our name; While beneath us rolls the flood, While around us roars the flame. —Episcopal Recorder.