again, "The Lord God is a sun and a shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly."-SIMEON.
"Be strong in the Lord, and the power of his might,"
He leads through the desert, still guiding aright;
Complain not, though weeds o'er thy wilderness spread,
And dark may the cloud be that hangs o'er thy head.
Remember the word to the faithful of old:-
"I will help, I will strengthen, yea, I will uphold;
The right arm of my Righteousness, that is my stay,
My love is thy pole-star by night and by day.
I chose thee before earth's foundations were laid:
An infant, a sufferer, for thee I was made;
I hung on a cross, and I lay in a grave,
The souls of my chosen to bless and to save.
Unfailing my promise, eternal my love,
And firm is the throne that awaits thee above;
I am ready to give thee a welcome, and thou,
My trembler, what sayest thou? answer me now."
Oh what is the answer? I lie at thy feet;
I cling to thy promise, thy words I repeat;
Convinc'd of my sin, self-accus'd, self-abhorr'd,
Yet never despairing-for thou art my Lord.
The Lord will conduct by a way yet unknown,
And seat me at last by his side on his throne;
The Lord hath redeem'd, and he never will lose
The soul that he died thus to pardon and choose.