THE TWO SEAS.
Reading edition
‘When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee.’
Each night we are launched on a sea of sleep; No doubts disturb us, no fears annoy. Though we plough the waves of the darkened deep, We know we are safe in the Master’s keep, And the morning brings us joy. What dread, then, should daunt us, what doubt distress, When on Death’s dark sea we are launched alone? In that deeper sleep, should we trust Him less? Shall we limit to earth His power to bless? Will the Father forsake his own? He made us His children; He bears us to bed; And whether our sleep be the first or last, What matters it where our souls are led, If our trust in the God of the living and dead Should only hold us fast? J. B. S.
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