August 2
Companions of the Way (Evening)The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the righteous.
HOW infinite and sweet, Thou everywhere And all abounding Love, Thy service is! Thou liest an ocean round my world of care, My petty every-day: and fresh and fair, Pour Thy strong tides through all my crevices, Until the silence ripples into prayer.
That Thy full glory may abound, increase, And so Thy likeness shall be formed in me, I pray; the answer is not rest or peace, But charges, duties, wants, anxieties, Till there seems room for everything but Thee, And never time for anything but these.
And I should fear, but lo? amid the press, The whirl and hum and pressure of my day, I hear Thy garment's sweep, Thy seamless dress, And close beside my work and weariness Discern Thy gracious form, not far away, But very near, O Lord, to help and bless.
SUSAN COOLIDGE
THE ONE RELIGION