March 28
Companions of the Way (Evening)Your joy no man taketh from you.
I F once such joy had filled thine heart, Earth's hatred or earth's scorn
Would seem but as a moment's smart, Forgot as soon as borne.
Nay, thou in pain, or shame, or loss, Christ's fellowship wouldst see,
And with thine heart embrace the cross On which He hung for thee.
Wouldst count it blest to live, to die, Where He is all in all;
Where rapt, earth unperceived goes by And from ourselves we fall.
Till, from His secret place below, To mansions fair above,
He leads thee, there to make thee know The perfect joys of love.
The Inner Life.
M
FAITH AND REASON