ANSWERED.

Otago Witness, Issue 2499, 5 February 1902, Page 62

ANSWERED.

Sent to Emmeline by "A Grandmother,"

Fiji. I had long been seeking for guidance,

Been seeking it day by day ; I had prayed with a great heart-longing, " Lord, teach me to know Thy way." I waited, and watched, and wondered,

Till at last the answer was sent; The guidance I sought for was given, Though it wasn't the way I had meant For the way I had thought of going

Through busy footsteps led, But the way His hand directed

Was the wilderness way instead. I said, "Must it really be, Lord? Thoa

Choosest the best, I know: Yet the road -looks rough and dreary —

Such a lonely one to go. And there's work I'd gladly be doing—

Happy service for active feet. Must I indeed sit still, Lord,

Nor share in such blissings sweet? '* Again an answer He sent me: " I know, and I well understand.

I cannot alter the pathway,

But I'll surely hold thy right hand. Lonely, thou never needst feel it,

Each step I will tread by thy side. Sweet comforts lie waiting before thee, Rich tieasures in darkness abide; I have precious things to tell thee, And remember, for thy cheer, Tendercst words are often spoken

"When there is but one to hear. Think not thou canst not be serving

(Ne'er a moment's given thee to lose), But thy serving can only bring blissing

In the place thy God shall choose." So I've taken the answer He sent me,

And I'm finding day by day That the God of all love and all mercjj Is the God of the wilderness way.