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IntroductionFather, I know that all my lifeSource of my life's refreshing springsMy prayer to the promise shall clingSweet is the solace of Thy loveSource of my spirit's deep desireBeam on us brightly, blessed dayWith a heart full of anxious requestThough some good things of lower worthIn Heavenly Love abidingWould that I were more closely boundTender mercies, on my wayMy Savior whose infinite graceUnder Thy wings, my God, I restA living, loving, lasting wordMy Savior, on the word of truthThanksgiving and the voice of melodyStrength of the still secluded thoughtJesus, Lord of Heaven aboveO, this is blessing, this is restMy heart is resting, O my GodI will love Thee, O Lord, my strengthBe not far from me, O my strengthBowed with a burden none can weigh save TheeSweet be Thy words of sternest truthCompassed about with songs, my soul was stillWhile toil and warfare urge us on our wayHeavenly things my soul hath seenEre another step I takeDear Savior of a dying worldSunlight of the heavenly dayFlow on, Thou Fountain of my joyO! there is more than ear hath heard

Anna L. Waring · 15 of 33

A living, loving, lasting word

HYMN 14

A living, loving, lasting word, My listening ear believing heard, While bending down in prayer; Like a sweet breeze that none can stay, It passed my soul upon its way, And left a blessing there.

Then joyful thoughts that come and go, By paths the holy angels know, Encamped around my soul; As in a dream of blest repose, Mid withered reeds a river rose, And through the desert stole.

I lifted up my eyes to see — The wilderness was glad for me, Its thorns were bright with bloom; And onward travellers still in sight, Marked out a path of shining light, And shade unmixed with gloom.

O sweet the strains of those before, “The weary knees are weak no more, The faithful heart is strong;” But sweeter, nearer, from above, That word of everlasting love, The promise and the song.