by revd | Apr 29, 2022 | Grace of God
I was a stricken deer that left the herd, Long since with many an arrow deep infixed. My panting side was charged, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There was I found by One who had Himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side He bore, And...
by revd | Apr 29, 2022 | Grace of God
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence, He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour; The bud may have a bitter taste,...
by revd | Apr 29, 2022 | Believers
While faith is with me, I am blest; It turns my darkest night to day; But, while I clasp it to my breast, I often feel it slide away. What shall I do if all my love, My hopes, my toil, are cast away? And if there be no God above To hear and bless me when I...
by revd | Apr 29, 2022 | Believers
… My life is in the falling leaf: O Jesus, quicken me. My life is like a faded Leaf’ My harvest dwindled to a husk; Truly my life is void and brief And tedious in the barren dusk; My life is like a frozen thing, No bud or greenness can I see: Yet rise it shall – the...
by revd | Apr 29, 2022 | Grace of God, Mission
Are you content, have you no higher aim Than just to gain admittance at the door, In faintest characters to trace your name Among the list of those who die no more? Do you not feel that you are saved to live? Do you not know you are saved to save? Forgiven that you...
