Classic Poem

Lord, we thank Thee for affliction
How it draws our hearts to Thee!
Though the road be hard and thorny
Yet Thy face we still can see.

Thank Thee, Lord, for every trial
Though we do not understand,
Lead us gently step by step
And hold us by Thy hand.

Alone, we are most needy and
No worthiness possess;
In Christ we find our All in All,
Our strength, our righteousness.

We hear Thy kind, constraining voice
That bids us trust in Thee,
And only in Thy strength we find
Our all-sufficiency.

Though all of life seems hopeless, still
God's faithfulness remains;
Thy Holy Word has bathed our hearts—
Thy precious peace sustains.