Then lead me, Friend. Here is my hand,

Not in dumb resignation lent

Because Thee one cannot withstand—

In love, Lord, with complete consent.

·  ·  ·  ·  ·

Lead. If we come to the cliff’s crest,

And I hear deep below—O deep!—

The torrent’s roar, and “Leap!” Thou say’st,

I will not question—I will leap.

The last stanza, in its vivid illustrative quality, is an admirable expression of spiritual assurance.