ON SABBATH EVE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11809, 11 August 1900, Page 3

ON SABBATH EVE.

A COLUMN OF RELIGIOUS

READING

"PEACE!"

"Ye are not- your own. For ye are bought were found among Dr Bonar's papers after his death. It is believed they were the last he ever wrote.]

Long days and nights upon this restless bed Of daily, nightly weariness and pain!— Yet Thou art here, my ever gracious Lord, Thy well-known voice speak 3 not to me in vain " In Me ye shall have peace!" Tha darkness seemeth long, and even the light No respite brings -with it; no soothing rest For this worn frame; yet in the midst of all Thy love revives. Father, Thy will is best. " In Me ye shall have peace!"

Sleep cometh noc, when most I seem to need .Its kindly balm. O Father, be to me Better than sleep; and let these sleepless hours Be hours of blessed fellowship with Thee. " In'Me ye shall have peace!" Not always seen the wisdom and the love; And sometimes hard to be believed, when pain Wrestles with faith, and almost overcomes. Yet even in conflict Thy sure words sustain; — "In Me ye shall have peace!" Father, the flesh is weak; fain would I rise Above its weakness into things unseen. Lift Thou me up; give me the open ear, .To hear tho voice that speaketh from within : " In Me ye shall have peace!" Father, the hour is come; the hour when I .. Shall with these fading eyes behold Thy face; 4.nd.drink in all the fulness of Thy love; — Till then, oh speak to me Thy words of grace: " In Me ye shall have peace!"