From A Loved One in Heaven

I would not have you grieve for me today,
Nor weep beside my vacant chair.
Could you but know my daily portion here,
You would not could not, wish me there.

I know now why He said, “Ear hath not heard.”
I have no words, no alphabet
Or even if I had I dare not tell
Because you could not bear it yet.

So, only this, — I am the same,… Continue reading →

Did You Meet The Master?

Did you meet the Master?
Did you see His face?
Did you talk with Him,
Ask Him for His grace?

Did you meet the Master
At the break of day,
Before your mind was clouded
With your work or play?

Did you thank the Master
For the air you breathe,
For every creature comfort
You at His hand receive?

Did you meet the Master
Tell Him all your heart?
Tell Him… Continue reading →

Calvary

I did not see Thee lifted high
Amid the savage mob;
I did not hear Thy rending cry,
“Forgive them, O my God!”

But, Lord, I know it was for me
Thy blood and tears were poured;
And now, through weeping eyes, I see
My wounded, precious Lord.

I did not see the awful night
That hid Thee, O my Lord;
I did not see Jehovah smite
The Shepherd with the sword;

But now I… Continue reading →

Be Not Weary

“Let us not be weary in well doing;
for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not”
[Galatians 6:9]

Be not weary in well-doing –
every task divinely set
Has its counter part of promise –
God will not His Word forget!

Though thou may’st be sorely tried,
Every need shall be supplied.

Be not weary in well-doing –
While the world is doing ill;
While the hosts of sin and… Continue reading →

A Worldly Church revived

Our pastor is wise, strong and limber
In God’s hands – a bender of human timber;

He showed us how to give without bazaars
Convinced men they could live without cigars.

Proved we could pay all obligations
without begging from friends and relations.

Claimed that to keep God’s work advancing,
there’ll be no place for cards and dancing.

Allows no pot-luck suppers or candy sales –
Insists on our fitness for… Continue reading →