GOD loveth us! in pain or bliss,
O heart, be true and strong!
God loveth us, and knowing this
We know life’s sweetest song.
God loveth us! O eyes that find
Life’s lesson hard to read,
By tears of loss made dim and blind
Learn His great love instead.
God loveth us! O hands that grasp
At human tenderness,
And then in emptiness unclasp,
He waits to fill and bless.
God loveth us! O weary feet
That find life’s pathway long,
His love provides a rest so sweet
The hope of it makes strong.
God loveth us! O hearts that ache
With striving all in vain,
His tender hand is reached to take
The bitterness and pain.
God loveth us! O fallen one
Creep upward to the light,
God’s radiant stars shine on and on,
Until the dawn grows bright.
God loveth us! in pain or bliss,
O heart be true and strong,
God loveth us! and knowing this,
We know life’s sweetest song.
An Etching
A HARVESTER throws up the sheaves,
And hums a merry old refrain,
Some thistles show their prickly leaves
Among the swaths of yellow grain.