My soul, amid this stormy world, Is like some flutter’d dove, And fain would be as swift of wing To flee to Him I love. The cords that bound my heart to earth Are broken by His hand; Before His cross I found myself A stranger in the land. My heart is with Him on […]
Am I a stone, and not a sheep, That I can stand, O Christ, beneath Thy cross, To number drop by drop Thy Blood’s slow loss, And yet not weep? Not so those women loved Who with exceeding grief lamented Thee; Not so fallen Peter weeping bitterly; Not so the thief was moved; Not so […]
I paused last eve beside the blacksmith’s door, And heard the anvil ring, the vesper’s chime, And looking in I saw upon the floor Old hammers, worn with beating years of time. “How many anvils have you had?” said I, “To wear and batter all these hammers so?” “Just one,” he answered. Then with twinkling […]
Oh, there’s many a thorn in the Jesus-way, Many a thorn, I know; There is grief and loss and the pain of the cross Wherever my feet may go. But the Lord will heal all the wounds I feel, When the thorns have pricked me sore, And He’s planted a rose where the brier grows, […]
Jesus is God! The solid earth, The ocean broad and bright, The countless stars, like golden dust, That strew the skies at night, The wheeling storm, the dreadful fire, The pleasant, wholesome air, The summer’s sun, the winter’s frost, His own creations were. Jesus is God! The glorious bands Of golden angels sing Songs of […]
Lamp of our feet, whereby we trace Our path when wont to stray; Stream from the fount of heavenly grace Brook by the traveler’s way. Bread of our soul, whereon we feed, True manna from on high, Our guide and chart, wherein we read Of realms beyond the sky. Word of the everlasting God, Will […]
Truth never dies. The ages come and go; The mountains wear away; the seas retire; Destruction lays earth’s mighty cities low; And empires, states, and dynasties expire; But caught and handed onward by the wise, Truth never dies. Though unreceived and scoffed at through the years, Though made the butt of ridicule and jest, Though […]
Wide is the gate that leads to death, Smooth is the slope for steps that stray, Broad is the road for the sinner’s feet, The easy path of the downward way; But close beside you at every turn Love and pardon and welcome wait, Close beside you the Savior walks, Down, clear down to the […]
No time, no time for study, To meditate and pray— And yet much time for “doing” In a fleshly, worldly way. No time for things Eternal But much for things of earth, The things important set aside For things of little worth. Some things, ’tis true, are needful But first things must come first; And […]