Trust in God, No. I

Trust in God, No. I. [No. 14]

When trials and when difficulties come,
Put thy full Trust in God; for only He,
In thy dire need, can shield and strengthen thee.
Whether in solitude, or ’midst the hum
Of Marts of commerce, if thou Trust in Him, 5
Thy actions will be pure. That man deceives
Himself and others, who foolishly believes
He can to all gales of Fortune trim
The sails of his mean mind, and yet can Trust
In Justice, Mercy, Wisdom, which are God’s 10
Essential attributes: the very sods
Which he now treads on, but which erelong must
Cover his unfeeling heart, even seem to me
Purer and nearer unto God than he.

by George Markham Tweddell  1st published 1887