Poetry and Praise #7

O fathomless mercy, O infinite grace

In humble thanksgiving the road I re-

  trace

Thou never hast failed me, my Strength

  and my Stay;

To whom should I turn for the rest of

  the way?

Through danger, through darkness, by

  day and by night

Thou ever has guided and guided

  aright

I have trusted in Thee and peacefully

  lay

My hand in Thy hand for the rest of the

  way.

Thy cross all my refuge, Thy blood all

  my plea

None other I need, blessed Jesus, but

  Thee

I fear not the shadows at the close of

  life's day

For Thou wilt go with me the rest of

  the way.

   —Laura Kern Sawyier

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The rest of the way he hath said, i will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. hebrews 13:5b o fathomless mercy, of infinite grace in humble thanksgiving the road i re- trace thou never hast failed me, my strength and my stay; to whom should i turn for the rest of the way? through danger, through darkness, by day and by night thou ever has guided and guided aright i have trusted in thee and peacefully lay my hand in thy hand for the rest of the way. thy cross all my refuge, thy blood all my plea none other i need, blessed jesus, but thee i fear not the shadows at the close of life's day for thou wilt go with me the rest of the way. —laura kern sawyier for this god is our god for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. psalm 48:14 

Poetry and Praise #1

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The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.  Isaiah 40:8

The Bible Stands

The Bible stands like a rock undaunted
'Mid the raging storms of time;
Its pages burn with the truth eternal,
And they glow with a light sublime.

Refrain
The Bible stands though the hills may tumble,
It will firmly stand when the earth shall crumble;
I will plant my feet on its firm foundation,
For the Bible stands.

The Bible stands like a mountain towering
Far above the works of men;
Its truth by none ever was refuted,
And destroy it they never can.

The Bible stands, and it will forever
When the world has passed away;
By inspiration it has been given,
All its precepts I will obey.

The Bible stands every test we give it,
For its Author is divine;
By grace alone I expect to live it,
And to prove and to make it mine.
     —Haldor Lillenas

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.  Hebrews 4:12

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.   Matthew 24:35


The Anvil of God's Word

Last eve I paused beside the blacksmith's door,
   And heard the anvil ring the vesper chime;
Then looking in, I saw upon the floor,
   Old hammers worn with beating years of time.

"How many anvils have you had," said I,
   "To wear and batter all these hammers so?"
"Just one," said he, and then with twinkling eye,
   "The anvil wears the hammers out, you know."

"And so," I thought, "The Anvil of God's Word
   For ages skeptic blows have beat upon,
Yet, though the noise of falling blows was heard,
   The Anvil is unharmed, the hammers gone."
                        —John Clifford, D.D.

But the word of the Lord endureth for ever...  1 Peter 1:25

I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.   Psalms 138:2