Religious Poems, Selected

Our King _Frances R. Havergal._ 9 The Sleep _E. B. Browning._ 10 God's Commands _Doddridge._ 13 Be Strong _Adelaide Procter._ 14 The Sleep of the Beloved _Horatius Bonar._ 15 Se...

For me--for me-- God knows that I am feeble like the rest!-- I often wandered forth, more child than maiden, Among the midnight hills of Galilee, Whose summits looked heaven-lad...

He lifts me to the golden doors; The flashes come and go; All heaven bursts her starry floors, And strews her lights below, And deepens on and up! the gates Roll back, and far w...

The rare and precious moments Of realizing thrill, Are but love's blissful blossom, To brighten, not to fill The storehouse and the garner With ripe and pleasant fruit; And not...

The Shadow of the Rock! Stay, Pilgrim, stay! Night treads upon the heels of day; There is no other resting-place this way. The Rock is near, The well is clear-- Rest in the Shad...

He placed an angel at thy side, And strewed joys round thee on thy way; He gave thee rights thou couldst not claim, And life, free life, before thee lay.

Instant sympathy to brighten All their weakness and their woe, Guiding grace their way to lighten, Shall Thy loving members know; All their sorrows Thou dost bear, All Thy gladn...

Coldly, sadly descends The autumn evening. The field Strewn with its dark yellow drifts Of withered leaves, and the elms, Fade into dimness apace, Silent; hardly a shout From a...

Set apart for Jesus! Is not this enough, Though the desert prospect, Open wild and rough? Set apart for His delight, Chosen for His holy pleasure, Sealed to be His special treas...

All will then be faded:--night will borrow Stars of light to crown our perfect rest; And the dim vague memory of faint sorrow Just remain to show us all was best, Then melt into...