A Group of Children; And Other Poems (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 36 DAILY BLESSINGS. DAILY BLESSINGS. Day by day they fall upon me, Fall upon me from the skies, Blessings, blessings, without number, When I rest and when I rise. Come they in the rosy morning, With the gush of golden light, When my first thank-offering rises, For the guarded hours of night. In the heat of noon-day splendor, Blessings, blessings, still descend; And my heart leaps joyful upward To my ever-present Friend. DAILY BLESSINGS. 87 In the stillness of the twilight, When is closed the busy day, Fall they on my heart and household, As I lowly bend to pray. Thus have blessings ever fallen From the hand above the skies, Teaching me each moment higher Should the Christian strive to rise. 38 PATIENT AND STRONG. PATIENT AND STRONG. When thicken the shadows, And darkness is spread Where the soft golden sunshine So richly was shed, Oh, look to the future, In a sweet, grateful song, For the sky is all mercy ? Be patient and strong. The cares that distract you Lay resolute by, And lift with devotion The heart and the eye; And for the rich blessing You will not wait long, If you are fervent and faithful, And patient and strong. TO THEE I TURN. 39 TO THEE I TURN. To Thee I turn, When sorrow droops the wing, And winter has no spring, And every stream is dry That ran in gladness by ? To Thee I turn. To Thee I turn, When friends I love forsake, And bends the heart to break, And on each face I see The smile of treachery ? To Thee I turn. To Thee I turn, In every hour of pain, When help from man is vain, 40 TO THEE I TURN. And find a sweet relief, While joy gives place to grief - To Thee I turn. To Thee I turn, My Father ? turn to thee; And love and kindness see: ...