 | 436 pages
...me comes as a sweet and glad surprise. I see not a step before me, as I tread the days of the year, But the past is still in God's keeping, the future...draw near. For perhaps the dreaded future has less bitterness than I think ; The Lord may sweeten the water before I stoop to drink : Or, if Marah must... | |
 | 1871 - 970 pages
...with it, did not say to me, as, thank God, it has said since — " It may be the bitter future IB leas bitter than I think ; The Lord may sweeten the waters Before I come to drink ; Or. if Marah must be Marah, He will stand Himself b; the brink." I could not see my... | |
 | 1870 - 536 pages
...he sends me Is a strange and sweet surprise. I see not a step before me, As I tread on another year; But the past is still in God's keeping, The future...dark in the distance, May brighten as I draw near, por perhaps the dreaded future Has less bitter than I think; The Lord may sweeten the waters Before... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1871 - 300 pages
..."— " RR" — "AWG" MOTHERS' FRIEND MAEY HAMILTON'S EXPERIENCE. . " Perhaps the dreaded future Is less bitter than I think ; The Lord may sweeten the...drink, Or if Marah must be Marah, He will stand beside the brink." N some life-histories there are k times when prayer is not alone a privilege, but a stern... | |
 | Emma Jane Worboise - 1871 - 504 pages
...communed with it, did not say to me, as, thank God, it has said since — " It may be the bitter future Is less bitter than I think ; The Lord may sweeten the waters Before I come to drink ; Or, if Marah must be Marah, He will stand Himself by the brink." I could not see my... | |
 | Anson Davies Fitz Randolph - 1872 - 290 pages
...me comes as a sweet and glad surprise. I see not a step before me, as I tread the days of the year, But the past is still in God's keeping, the future...distance, may brighten as I draw near. For perhaps the dreadful future has less bitterness than I think ; The Lord may sweeten the water before I stoop to... | |
 | 1872 - 262 pages
...me comes as a sweet and glad surprise. I see not a step before me as I tread the days of the year ; But the past is still in God's keeping, the future...looks dark in the distance may brighten as I draw near : NOT KNOWING. 33 For perhaps the dreaded future has less bitter than I think ; The Lord may sweeten... | |
 | Anson Davies Fitz Randolph - 1872 - 298 pages
...a sweet and glad surprise. I see not a step before me, as I tread on another year, Hut the past is in God's keeping, the future His mercy shall clear,...distance, may brighten as I draw near. For perhaps the dreadful future is less bitter than I think: The Lord may sweeten the waters before I stoop to drink,... | |
 | 1872 - 264 pages
...me comes as a sweet and glad surprise. I see not a step before me as I tread the days of the year ; But the past is still in God's keeping, the future...shall clear, And what looks dark in the distance may For perhaps the dreaded future has less bitter than I think ; The Lord may sweeten the water before... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...me comes as a sweet and glad surprise. I see not a step before me as I tread the days of the year, I viewed thce in the choir Of ever-enduring men....great Have all one age, and from one visible space mayj brighten as I draw near. For perhaps the dreaded future has less bit terness than I think, The... | |
| |
I see not a step before me as I tread the days of the year; But the Past is still in God's keeping; the Future his. mercy shall clear; And what looks dark In the distance may brighten as. 
