WE HOPE IN THEE, O GOD!

We hope in Thee, O God!
The day wears on tonight;
Thick shadows lie across our world,
In Thee alone is light.

We hope in Thee, O God!
Our joys go one by one,
But lonely hearts can rest in Thee,
When all beside is gone.

We hope in Thee, O God!
Hope fails us otherwhere;
But since Thou art in all that is,
Peace takes the hand of care.

We hope in Thee, O God!
In Whom none hope in vain;
We cling to Thee in love and trust,
And joy succeeds to pain.

About the writer: Marianne Hearn was born in Kent, England in 1834. She was a member of the Baptist Church and was on the editorial staff of that denomination’s religious periodical Christian World. At her death in 1909 she was called “one of the most honored women in the Baptist Church in England.”

Key Verse: Let your unfailing love surround us, LORD, for our hope is in you alone. –Psalm 33:22