Be Steadfast and Do Not Fear
February 5.
Blessed are they that keep judgment,
and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
PSALM 106, verse 3.
Thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
because thou shalt forget thy misery,
and remember it as waters that pass away.
JOB 11, verse 15 and 16.
In the bitter waves of woe,
Beaten and tossed about
By the sullen winds that blow
From the desolate shores of doubt,
Where the anchors that faith has cast
Are dragging in the gale,
I am quietly holding fast
To the things that cannot fail.
WASHINGTON GLADDEN.
In the darkest hour through which a human soul
can pass, whatever else is doubtful, this at least
is certain. If there be no God and no future
state,yet even then, it is better to be generous
than selfish,
better to be chaste than licentious,
better to be true than false,
better to be brave than to be a coward.
Blessed beyond all earthly blessedness is the man
who, in the tempestuous darkness of the soul,
has dared to hold fast to these venerable landmarks.
Thrice blessed is he, who, when all is drear and
cheerless within and without, when his teachers
terrify him, and his friends shrink from him,
has obstinately clung to moral good.
Thrice blessed, because his night
shall pass into clear, bright day.
F. W. ROBERTSON.
Blessed are they that keep judgment,
and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
PSALM 106, verse 3.
Thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
because thou shalt forget thy misery,
and remember it as waters that pass away.
JOB 11, verse 15 and 16.
In the bitter waves of woe,
Beaten and tossed about
By the sullen winds that blow
From the desolate shores of doubt,
Where the anchors that faith has cast
Are dragging in the gale,
I am quietly holding fast
To the things that cannot fail.
WASHINGTON GLADDEN.
In the darkest hour through which a human soul
can pass, whatever else is doubtful, this at least
is certain. If there be no God and no future
state,yet even then, it is better to be generous
than selfish,
better to be chaste than licentious,
better to be true than false,
better to be brave than to be a coward.
Blessed beyond all earthly blessedness is the man
who, in the tempestuous darkness of the soul,
has dared to hold fast to these venerable landmarks.
Thrice blessed is he, who, when all is drear and
cheerless within and without, when his teachers
terrify him, and his friends shrink from him,
has obstinately clung to moral good.
Thrice blessed, because his night
shall pass into clear, bright day.
F. W. ROBERTSON.
