Though much in Thy child Thou hast borne,
Thy counsels still gently repeat,
And give me, if still I must mourn,
To mourn as a child at Thy feet.

XIII.

"I know whom I have believed."-2 TIMOTHY i. 12.

How can I err in trusting Thee,

O Thou in whom I move and live? Since Thou hast given Thy life for me, What lack I that Thou wilt not give?

Truly in Thee my soul believes,—
Truly on Thee my hope is stayed;
Thy precious words my heart receives,
And waits for Thy expected aid.

O who can err in trusting Thee?
Thy pleasure is Thy children's bliss;
And our eternal life will be

Beyond our largest faith in this.

XIV.

AN EVENING SONG,

AFTER A DAY OF DIFFICULTY.

LORD, a happy child of Thine,
Patient through the love of Thee,

In the light, the life divine,
Lives and walks at liberty.

Leaning on Thy tender care,
Thou hast led my soul aright:
Fervent was my morning prayer—
Joyful is my song to-night.

O my Saviour, Guardian true,
All my life is Thine to keep:
At Thy feet my work I do,
In Thy arms I fall asleep.

XV.

"I will trust in the covert of Thy wings."-PSALM lxi. 4.

UNDER Thy wings, my God, I rest,
Under Thy shadow safely lie,

By Thy own strength in peace possessed,
While dreaded evils pass me by.

With strong desire I here can stay,
To see Thy love its work complete;
Here I can wait a long delay,
Reposing at my Saviour's feet.

My place of lowly service too,
Beneath Thy sheltering wings I see:
For all the work I have to do,

Is done through strengthening rest in Thee.

I would not rise this rest above,
I do not mourn my low estate,
Sure of my riches in Thy love,
I feel it good to trust and wait.

In faith and patience is repose,

In faith and rest my strength shall be; And when Thy joy the Church o'erflows, I know that it will visit me.

XVI.

"For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he shall comfort all her waste places: and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody."-ISAIAH li. 3.

"Sing, O Heavens, and be joyful, O Earth; for the Lord hath comforted his people."--ISAIAH xlix. 13.

A LIVING, loving, lasting word,
My listening ear believing heard,
While bending down in prayer;

Like a sweet breeze that none can stay,
It passed my soul upon its way,
And left a blessing there.

Then joyful thoughts that come and go
By paths the holy angels know,
Encamped around my soul;
As in a dream of blest repose,
'Mid withered reeds a river rose,
And through the desert stole.

I lifted up my eyes to see,-
The wilderness was glad for me,

Its thorns were bright with bloom;
And onward travellers, still in sight,
Marked out a path of shining light,

And shade unmixed with gloom.

O sweet the strains of those before,
"The weary knees are weak no more,
The fearful heart is strong;"
But sweeter, nearer, from above,
That word of everlasting love,
The promise and the song.

XVII.

"I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in His Word do I hope."--PSALM CXXX. 5.

My Saviour, on the Word of Truth

In earnest hope I live,

I ask for all the precious things
Thy boundless love can give.
I look for many a lesser light
About my path to shine;
But chiefly long to walk with Thee,
And only trust in Thine.

In holy expectation held,

Thy strength my heart shall stay, For Thy right hand will never let My trust be cast away.