Sovereign Grace Church

…I and thy people have found grace in thy sight…

(EXODUS 33:16)

I ask you, [my minister] friend, I hope you’ll speak plain,

Are you not at times in anguish and pain

Concerning an office connected with peace,—

I mean that of preaching the word of God’s grace?

The office is great, and needs divine aid;
But if God commissions, there’s nothing to dread!

Rest solely on Him, confide in His Word

And wrestle to learn the mind of the Lord.

Unbosom your heart to Lord Jesus your Friend,

And patiently wait for His wise command;

Intreat Him each day the way to make clear,

And give you a heart His dictates to hear.

Oh, pray for a will resign’d to His will,

To move, if He bids; if not, to stand still.

Thus may you indeed with Him leave the case,

And walk in the light of His smiling face.