“LIKE AS A FATHER”

J. Pellatt

In peace the fruit of righteousness is sown;

From worried heart no precious thing is grown;

God works in calm. Let His calm fill thy breast,

So shall thy rest be work, thy work be rest.

See all His promises around thee spread,

Each as a downy pillow for thy head.

Soft is the touch of love’s protecting arms,

Firm as a rock, that wind nor wave alarms.

But were they cancelled all, this only left—

“Like as a father”—thou art not bereft;

Smooth, then, that anxious brow, why troubled be?

“Like as a father” God takes thought for thee!

To know the Father’s heart—is rest divine

Folding her wings around that heart of thine;

To know the Father’s heart—from cares release,

Acquaint thyself with Him and be at peace.