Had I My Way to Choose (Poem) Anonymous Had I my way to choose, how easy I would make it: How free from chilling blast, how sheltered and secure. No piercing sorrow should invade the precincts of my life, No disappointment fall across my eager spirit: But I should know the sweets of rest, The […]
I think oft times as the night draws nigh Of an old house on the hill, Of a yard all wide and blossom-starred Where the children played at will. And when the night at last came down, Hushing the merry din, Mother would look around and ask, “Are all the children in?” […]
I cannot but God can, Oh balm for all my care! The burden that I drop, His hand will lift and bear. Though eagle pinions tire, I walk where I once ran, This is my strength to know, I cannot, but He can. I see not but God sees; Oh all sufficient light! My dark […]
Desperate and helpless and longing I cried. Patiently, lovingly my Lord replied. I pled and I wept for a clue to my fate; And the Master so gently said, “Child, you must wait.” “Wait? You said wait?” my indignant reply. “Lord, I need answers. I need to know why. Is Your hand shortened or have […]
Five Minutes After I Die Loved ones will weep o’er my silent face, Dear ones will clasp me in sad embrace, Shadows and darkness will fill the place, Five minutes after I die. But the faces that sorrow I will not see, The voices that murmur will not reach me, But where, O where will […]
“If” Poem by Isaac Ewan If you can rest from all self-righteous working, As having died with Him Who died for you, To walk in light where evil things are lurking, And stamp integrity on all you do; If you can weigh the worth of public praising, And be a gentleman behind the scenes, And […]
