January 29
Help Thou mine unbelief
Companions of the Way (Morning)BECAUSE I seek Thee not, oh seek Thou me! Because my lips are dumb, oh hear the cry
I do not utter as Thou passest by,
And from my life-long bondage set me free! Because content I perish, far from Thee,
O seize me, snatch me from my fate, and try My soul in Thy consuming fire! Draw nigh And let me, blinded, Thy salvation see.
If I were pouring at Thy feet my tears,
If I were clamoring to see Thy face, I should not need Thee, Lord, as now I need, Whose dumb, dead soul knows neither hopes nor fears, Nor dreads the outer darkness of this place— Because I seek not, pray not, give Thou heed!
LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON
IN DARKNESS