Peace! Be Still! – anonymous

Peace! Be still!
In this night of sorrow bow,
O my heart! Contend not thou!
What befalls thee is God’s will –
Peace! Be still!

Peace! Be still!
All thy murmuring words are vain –
God will make the riddle plain,
Wait His word and bear His will –
Peace! Be still!

Hold thou still!
Though the good Physician’s knife
Seems to touch thy very life,
Death alone He means to kill, –
Hold thou still!

Shepherd mine!
From Thy fullness give me still
Faith to do and hear Thy will,
Till the morning light shall shine,
Shepherd mine!

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We To Sigh Instead Of Sing by James Whitcomb Riley

“Rain and rain! and rain and rain!”
…Yesterday we muttered
Grimly as the grim refrain
…That the thunders uttered;
All the heavens under cloud –
…All the sunshine sleeping;
All the grasses limply bowed
…With their weight of weeping. 

Sigh and sigh! and sigh and sigh!
…Never end of sighing;
Rain and rain for our reply –
…Hopes half drowned and dying;
Peering through the window-pane,
…Naught but endless raining –
Endless sighing, and, as vain,
…Endlessly complaining. 

Shine and shine! and shine and shine!
…Ah! to-day the splendor! –
All this glory yours and mine –
…God! but God is tender!
We to sigh instead of sing,
…Yesterday in sorrow,
While the Lord was fashioning
…This for our Tomorrow!

 

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Horse Sense – anonymous

A horse can’t pull while kicking.
…This fact I merely mention.
And he can’t kick while pulling,
…Which is my chief contention. 

Let’s imitate the good old horse
…And lead a life that’s fitting;
Just pull an honest load, and then
…There’ll be no time for kicking.

 

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