What God Hath
Promised
God hath not promised
skies always blue
Flower-strewn pathways all our lives
through,
God hath not promised sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.
But God hath promised
strength for the day,
Rest for the laborer, light on the way,
Grace for the trial, help from above,
Unfailing sympathy, undying love.
--Anne Johnson Flint
Life's Highway
Today I walked the
highway
With faltering step and slow;
My load seemed very heavy
And long the way to go.
A comrade walked beside
me;
And as I glanced his way,
I saw that he, too, carried,
His burdens through the day.
I smiled and reached to help him,
I lited half his load;
My own seemed strangely lighter
As we trudged down the road.
--Leitia Morse
Nash
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