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GOD’S WILL IS BEST

“God’s will is best; faith’s vision may be darkened,
And tangling influence our feet arrest;
Yet to our cry for guidance One has hearkened;
God’s will is best.

“We raise our tear-dimmed eyes with eager longing,
To pierce the clouds that crown the mountain’s crest;
And watch the chill mists round the pathway thronging,
With hearts distrest.

“God’s will is best—oh! tired heart and weary;
Each footfall finds you nearer to your rest;
And God prints on your pathway, lone and dreary,
‘God’s will is best.’

“Why seek to know the secrets of the morrow;
Or what new dangers may your way infest?
‘Tis Providence apportions joy or sorrow
To be your guest.

“God’s will is best—seek not to do God’s planning;
Nor of the future make untrusting quest;
He only of your whole life has the scanning;
God’s will is best.

“Enough, for mortal feet, the step before them;
Enough, for mortal hands, life’s next behest;
Enough to know Immortal Love is o’er them;
God’s will is best.

“God’s will is best—your first dawn may be over;
Life’s noon be past, its sun low in the West,
And night full nigh; but Heaven’s morn will discover,
God’s will is best.”

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— December 15, 1913 —