UK Bible Students Website. Poem for the Day | ||||||||
MY
COMPANION |
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WITH
me there walks a presence
Unseen to
mortal view;
Hearing each word I utter
Looking
at all I do.
Watching
to see what power
The
Truth to my life imparts.
Longing
to see His image
Growing
within my heart.
Oh!
does my conduct please Him?
Can He my words
approve?
Or
do I daily grieve Him
By
woeful lack of love?
How
all my heart is yearning
More
like my Lord to be;
Oh!
Friend, of unseen presence,
Help me to grow like Thee!
Before me goes my Captain;
Close must I follow on.
Even as He proved a victor,
So
must I overcome.
Self
rises up against me,
Fierce
must the conflict be;
Forces
of evil try me,
Satan
opposes me.
My Captain commands me,
saying,
“Comrade, you must not
yield;
Gird
on the Heavenly armor;
The Sword
of the Spirit wield;
None but the
overcomer
Shareth My Heavenly home
”
Help me, oh, Mighty Captain,
Ever to overcome!
Beside
me stands the Master;
Points
to the ripening grains,
Bids
me thrust in the sickle,
Reaping
what yet remains.
He
will accept no idler,
I
must work faithfully;
I
must pass on to others
Truth
that was given me;
Tell
of the Heavenly Kingdom,
The
blessings that are for all;
Praising
the Heavenly Father,
Sounding the Heavenly
call.
As
each night comes upon me,
Can I rejoicing
say,
“Dear
Reaper, I’ve been faithful
To all I have met today?”
Close
by me stands my Helper,
Knowing I must be tried;
Even
as gold in a furnace,
I
must be purified.
Trials
alone bring patience,
Hate
must be met by love;
Faith
is wrought out in darkness
Reaching
to things above.
Ah!
could I only trust Him,
His
presence and power to aid,
Even
‘mid deepest shadows
I
would not be afraid.
Though
the, four winds be loosened,
And
tempests around me roared,
I’d
welcome the glorious privilege
Of dying with my dear Lord.
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