"I Hold Still."
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Title
"I Hold Still."
Description
Pain's furnace heat within me quivers,
And in its hottest fire hold still.
He comes and lays my heart, all heated,
And at His heaviest blows hold still.
He takes my softened heart and beats it;
And in His mighty hand hold still.
Why should I murmer? for the sorrow
And trusting to the end hold still.
He kindles for my profit, purely,
And hope to Him, and suffer still.
God's breath upon the flame doth blow,
And all my heart in anguish shivers,And trembles at the fiery glow;
And yet I whisper as God will!And in its hottest fire hold still.
He comes and lays my heart, all heated,
On the hard anvil, minded so
Into His own fair shape to beat itWith his great hammer, blow on blow,
And yet I whisper as God will!And at His heaviest blows hold still.
He takes my softened heart and beats it;
The sparks fly off at every blow;
He turns it o'er and o'er and heats it,And lets it cool and makes it glow;
And yet I whisper as God will!And in His mighty hand hold still.
Why should I murmer? for the sorrow
Thus only long-lived would be;
Its end may come, and will to-morrow,When God has done His work in me:
So I say, trusting, as God will!And trusting to the end hold still.
He kindles for my profit, purely,
Affiction's glowing, fiery brand,
And all his heaviest blows are surelyInflicted by a Master hand;
So I say, praying, as God will!And hope to Him, and suffer still.
Creator
German of Sturm
Source
1:46, p. 1
Date
6.2.1860
Collection
Citation
German of Sturm, “"I Hold Still.",” Periodical Poets, accessed May 17, 2024, https://periodicalpoets.com/items/show/683.
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