Hidden in the hollow of His blessed hand, Never foe can follow, never traitor stand; Not a surge of worry, not a shade of care, Not a blast of hurry touch the spirit there. Every joy or trial falleth from above, Traced upon our dial by the Sun of Love, We may trust him fully, all for us to do; They who trust him wholly find him wholly true. --Frances Ridley Havergal. ABIDING In heavenly love abiding, No change my heart shall fear And safe is such confiding, For nothing changes here. The storm may roar without me, My heart may low be laid, But God is round about me, And can I be dismayed? Whenever he may guide me, No want shall turn me back; My Shepherd is beside me, And nothing can I lack. His wisdom ever waketh, His sight is never dim, He knows the way he taketh, And I will walk with him. Green pastures are before me, Which yet I have not seen; Bright skies will soon be o'er me Where darkest clouds have been. My hope I cannot measure, My path to life is free, My Saviour has my treasure, And he will walk with me. --Anna Letitia Waring. CALM I stand upon the Mount of God With sunlight in my soul; I hear the storms in vales beneath, I hear the thunders roll. But I am calm with thee, my God, Beneath these glorious skies; And to the height on which I stand, No storms, nor clouds, can rise. O, THIS is life! O, this is joy! My God, to find thee so; Thy face to see, thy voice to hear, And all thy love to know. --Horatius Bonar. DIVINE PEACE Peace upon peace, like wave upon wave, This the portion that I crave; The peace of God which passeth thought, The peace of Christ which changeth not. Peace like the river's gentle flow, Peace like the morning's silent glow, From day to day, in love supplied, An endless and unebbing tide. Peace flowing on without decrease, From him who is our joy and peace, Who, by his reconciling blood, Hath made the sinner's peace with God. Peace through the night and through the day, Peace through the windings of our way; In pain, and toil, and weariness, A deep and everlasting peace. O King of peace, this peace bestow Upon a stranger here below; O God of peace, thy peace impart, To every sad and troubled heart. Peace from the Father and the Son, Peace from the Spirit, all his own; Peace that shall never more be lost, Of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. --Horatius Bonar. A QUIET HEART Quiet, Lord, my froward heart: Make me teachable and mild; Upright, simple, free from art; Make me as a weaned child, From distrust and envy free, Pleased with all that pleaseth thee.