THE MASTER AS HEALER, HELPER AND COMFORTER.

White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 267, 18 September 1917, Page 2

THE MASTER AS HEALER, HELPER AND COMFORTER.

“Alas! my body’s racked with pain; With throbbing nerves and wearied brain To anodynes I’ve looked in vain.” - “1 Will come and Soothe the* !’ “My strength is ebbing fast away; O'd age* c rcc*ps on from clay to day; Of Mope the re’s not the faintest r. y “1 will come* and Cheei tlv »*.” “ Midst seas of trouble, care, and work. And seething billows, grim and dark, Ploughs heavily my storm tosse d bark”— “1 will come* and Guide thee!” “With battered h**lm and tattered s.uls. With sea-washed decks and broken rails, Mv boat drifts helpless thro’ the gales”— “1 will come and Help Thee!” “Above I se * black clouds and gloom. Below me gapes a yawning tomb, A ghastly path to the pit of Doom!” “I will come and save thee!” “The lightnings flash, the thunders roar; Dear Lord, I am affrighted sore. Darkness behind, and gloom b tore*” “I will come and Keep thee!” “My body’s weak for lack of food; Phantoms beset, .1 hydra brood, With snaky eyes, and scaly hood”“I will come and Feed thee!” “I’ve lost m\ way, swift wanes the day, Comes on apace the evening gray; No path I see, turn where 1 may”— “I will come and Show the*e!” “I’m weak, disease-beset, and blind, No health is in me, body or nund. From constant pain no ease ! find”— “I will come and Meal thee!” “Doubts, fears, ‘chimeras dire ’ obsess, Ghouls mock and gibe at nn distress, No one at hand thro’ life to bless’— “I will come and Bless thee !” “W ill come nay. I am come, to tell the*e of the Secret Way. I will lead thee thro’ the dark unto the light and warmth of day;

I will Soothe thee, C heer thee, Guide thee, 1 will Save thee, Keep thee, Feed thee, I will Meal thee. Help and Blest thee, 1 the M.dden Way will show thee, 1 am all thro* life* beside thet*— If thou wilt obey.”