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20-Pack of Large Print Poetry Leaflets, 11-Point Type
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God hath not promised skies always blue,
Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through;
God hath not promised sun without rain,
Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.
God hath not promised we shall not know
Toil and temptation, trouble and woe;
He hath not told us we shall not bear
Many a burden, many a care.
God hath not promised smooth roads and wide,
Swift, easy travel, needing no guide;
Never a mountain rocky and steep,
Never a river turbid and deep.
But God hath promised strength for the day,
Rest for the labor, light for the way,
Grace for the trials, help from above,
Unfailing sympathy, undying love.
Annie Johnson Flint
Annie Johnson Flint (1866-1932) wrote from her own painful and joyful experience with God. She was deprived of both of her parents in her youth and had hardly attained adulthood before she was so severely afflicted with arthritis that she could no longer earn a living or even live without help. Having trusted Christ in her youth, she turned to the Lord in her affliction and began expressing her soul in poetry. She soon found that others appreciated her poetry as well, and the publication of her poems earned her much respect and many friends in her lifetime. The poem on the reverse was written in 1919. It has become a popular hymn and has been published under other titles, such as, “God Hath Not Promised” and “God’s Kind Care.” The title on this leaflet appears to have been the most popular one.