Destiny

O Destiny that guides us here and
there!
But this we know, we're in God's
care
And God doth guide our bark where
we should go,
Will guide aright our footsteps; He
doth know
And He the helmsman of our bark
so frail

Will guide aright, His love can never
fail.

Tho' storms and floods o'ertake us,
tears and grief,
Until we fear we'll soon be ship-
wrecked on some reef,
Nor doth the silver lining of the
cloud appear
Thus to dispel our doubts or dry the
tear,
Until we see God's hand is guiding on
And learn to say with faith, "Thy
will be done."

Frail man may think he's at the helm
To guide his own bark through this
earthly realm.
'Tis true we shape our destiny to
some extent
But all things must be done with His
consent.
And after all our hopes may not avail
His way is best; His love can never
fail.

So place we still our trust in God
and be content
Though storms of doubt o'ertake us.
Jesus went
Through deeper gloom. He our
Heavenly Lord
Still points us onward to our grand
reward.
And when at last we reach our heav-
enly home
We'll see why then, we'll "Know as
as we are known."

^__Nettie Squire Sutton.

A Book of Poems
Nettie Squire Sutton
(Minneapolis, KS: Messenger Press. n.d.)
Pages 16-17