Despised into the dust; believe in God;

Obey His will;—and then thy rescued soul

Shall, on angelic pinions, wing its way

To heaven’s bright realms of pure beatitude.

T. L. Merritt.

Believe and fear not! In the blackest cloud

A sunbeam hides; and from the deepest pang

Some hidden mercy may a God declare!

R. Montgomery.

Since fools alone all things believe