Though waves and storms go o’er my head,
Though strength and health and friends be gone,
Though joys be withered all, and dead,
Though every comfort be withdrawn,
On this my steadfast soul relies,—
Father! Thy mercy never dies.
JOHANN A. ROTHE


It is not that I feel less weak, but Thou Wilt be my strength; it is not that I see Less sin; but more of pardoning love with Thee, And all-sufficient grace. Enough! And now All fluttering thought is stilled; I only rest, And feel that Thou art near, and know that I…
A Life Lived with God’s Purpose Sojourner Truth Born a slave, Isabella Bomfree was born in 1797 in New York state. In 1826, she and her baby daughter escaped, but her other children either did not survive or were sold into slavery. She went on be the first black woman to sue for the return…
Abide in me; o’ershadow by Thy love Each half-formed purpose and dark thought of sin; Quench, ere it rise, each selfish, low desire, And keep my soul as Thine, calm and divine. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Look up and not down; look forward and not back; look out and not in; and lend a hand. Edward E. Hale
Under Thy wings, my God, I rest, Under Thy shadow safely lie; By Thy own strength in peace possessed, While dreaded evils pass me by. A.L. Waring
When we in darkness walk, Nor feel the heavenly flame, Then is the time to trust our God, And rest upon His name.