p. 1 | THE SOUL'S RESPONSE by Mrs. L. D. A. Stittle

Seventh-Day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Thursday, January 1, 1880

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 55, No. 1

THE SOUL'S RESPONSE.

By Mrs. L. D. A. Stittle

BY MRS. L. D. A. STITTLE.

“What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.” Ps. 116:12, 13.

Lord, what can I render thee For thy mercies unto me,— Me, a lost, forsaken wanderer from the fold? O'er the desert lone and wild Thou didst seek thine erring child, In thine arms thy wayward lost one thou didst hold.

Darksome shades were falling round Ere thy wandering one was found In the gloomy, dark recesses of the wild; Where, concealed from light of day, Savage foes were hid away, There my loving Father sought and found his child.

Then I left the haunts of sin, For the danger I was in Faithfully my blest Redeemer made me know; From my white lips came the cry, “Save, oh, save me ere I die! Bid me follow wheresoever thou shalt go;

“Let me grasp thy mighty arm, Shield my trembling soul from harm; ‘Rock of Ages, let me ever hide in thee.’” Then I heard his gentle voice, Making all my soul rejoice, “Fear no evil; trembling spirit, follow me!”

Thus he gently leads me on Till my doubts and fears are gone, And he never, never scorns my feeble cry; And when all is dark as night, Jesus fills my soul with light By these blessed words of comfort, “It is I.”

Perish, all ye joys of earth, For I count but little worth All the fleeting joys and vanities of sin; Faithfully I'll bear the cross, And account them all but dross, If the blessed smiles of Jesus I may win.