Everyman’s Hut

Camp News, Volume 3, Issue 143, 9 October 1942, Page 4

Everyman’s Hut

IF ■ If you can trust when everyone about you Is doubting Him, proclaiming Him untrue, If you can hope in Christ tho’ all forsake you And .say ’tis not the thing for you to do; If you can wait on God, nor wish to hurry, Or, being greatly used, keep humble still, Or if you’re tested, cater not to worry And yet remain within His sovereign will; If you can say ’tis well when sorrow - greets you And death has taken those you hold most dear, If you can smile when adverse trials meet you And be content e’en tho’ your lot Be drear; /. If you can be reviled and never murmur, Or being tempted not give way to sin; If you can fight for right and stand the firmer, Or lose the battle when you ought to win; If you can really long for His appearing, And therefore set your heart on things above; If you can speak for Christ in spite of sneering, Or to the most 1 unlovely one show love;

If you can hear the call, of God to labour, And answer, “Yes,” in yieldingness and trust, And go to tell the story of the Saviour To the souls in darkness o’er the desert’s dust; If you can pray when Satan’s darts are strongest And take the road of faith instead of sight, Or walk with God e’en tho’ His way be longest, And swerve not to the left nor to the right; • ' '■ If you desire Himself alone to fill you, For Him alone you care to live and be. Then ’tis not . you, but Christ who dwelleth in you, And that, 0 Child of God is victory! What a power in that little word “If.” How it cuts the ground from under the feet of sham and unreality. We may protest our love for the Lord and talk about it for hours on end, but He says “If you lose Me, keep My commandments.’ just keep on assuring people how much you love Him, but just keep His commandments. “This is My commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you.” Therein is the measure of our olve to the Lord—just the measure in which we love those all those— belong to Him. Love is. proved by deeds and not by words.

We regret to learn that Les Taylor, officer in charge of the Hut, has been yWMßWaiiir Ul Ijr~XJBM compelled to take a spell. For some time he has been feeling the strain of the work and this last month has been particularly .strenuous. We wish him a good rest and speedy recovery. In the meantime Mr. Leo Clark, of Auckland, and late of the Hut, Waiouru, is taking the responsibility for the work at Trentham, and a happy welcome is extended to him.