Nancy Rebecca Campbell Glass

"Abide with us!" Where could we go? Thou art our strength, thou art our tower, Our refuge from the ills below,

Genesis 28:10-22. The sun had set. He was alone; Mid twilight shadows he would rest.

Ye realms of beauty from afar, What speak ye to the saddened soul? What is the message of each star

When April weeps, she wakes the flowers That slept the winter through. Oh, did they dream those frosty hours

All my ways are before thee. Psalm 119:168. Awake, O soul, awake! Enter thy cell of thought,

"What means this throng?" a blind man said, Whilst begging by the highway side; Begging and blind, and lacking bread,

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea. Matthew 2:1. Bethlehem, where Christ was born, Bethlehem, the Christian's star!

"Come unto me!" Ah, gentlest word E'er breathed in human ear! "I am thy Savior and thy Lord;

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away. Song of Solomon 4:6. Gleaming softly, silvery-faint, Heralded by chanticleer,

Eve must have wept to leave her flowers, And plucked some roots to tell Of Eden's happy, sinless bowers,

Go, wander, little book, Nor let thy wand'ring cease; May all who on these pages look

Upon time's surging, billowy sea A ship now slowly disappears, With freight no human eye can see,

Grace be with them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Ephesians 6:24. Thou saddened one whose longing eyes Seek quickening thoughts to glean,

Seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Hebrews 7:25. When winding up the path of life, Sometimes mid thorns, sometimes mid flowers,

For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8. Christ might have called the angels down To bear him safe above,

And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna and many others who ministered unto him of their substance. Luke 8:3. Mark 14:3-9. John 12:3-8. Matthew 26:6-13. Luke 7:37-50. John 11:3. Those women who their Christ and Lord Aided by gentle ministry,

"Childhood and youth are vanity." Often o'er life's pathway straying Come sweet strains of long ago,

We traveled by a mountain's edge, It was September calm and bright, Nature had decked its rocky ledge

Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved. Acts 4:12. Swiftly we float upon time's tide Adown the stream of years.

But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice. Psalm 5:11. November is so drear and chill Whilst making leafless branch and tree,

"For he is our peace." O Bethlehem, where Christ was born And angels watched him where he lay,

Ring out the bells of heaven! Obey the great command, That all may hear their melody

And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. John 18:25. Peter, it was not outward cold But inward chill thy bosom froze,

There is a lad here which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes. John 6:9. He must have been a thoughtful youth, His name the record has not given,

Psalm 137. Captives by Babel's limpid streams, We hung our harps on willows there;

"Oh, no, my lord, she cannot stay; Cast out this bond maid with her mocking child, For they cannot be heirs with thine and mine."

Consider the lilies. Luke 2:27. Emblems of Christ our Lord, Roses and lilies fair,

I that speak unto thee am he. John 4:26. She left her home that morn In fair Samaria's land,

A necklace in the depth of blue Of scintillating, silvery pearls, Which peering eagerly we view

And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. Revelation 22:17. I wandered down a mountain road, Past flower and rock and lichen gray,

Regal the earth seems with diamonds today, Gemming all nature in blazing array; A picture more fairy-like never could be

Away from the city, away from the crowd, Two comrades in sorrow traversed hill and dale; The gloom of their hearts did their faces enshroud,

They're coming! And it seems so long Since sadly autumn laid them low. They left us with the robin's song,

He heapeth up riches and knoweth not who shall gather them. Psalm 39:6. O soul, it is not thine, But lent to thee in trust

Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. Luke 19:1-10. City of palms! whose ancient name Suggests a line of scarlet hue,