“The Lord turned and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord ... . And went out and wept bitterly.” –––Luke 12
Led by the Spirit of God.” ––Romans. 8:14.
“Return! Return!” beloved,
Thy Father calls to thee;
His voice is sadly sounding
Afar o’er land and sea.
The world’s entrancing music
May echo all around;
But ears which once have heard it
Will know the blessed sound!
“Return! Return!” beloved
The Savior calls to thee;
And where thy footsteps wander
He follows patiently.
His heart is yearning–––yearning
To tell thee out His love;
To let you know its sweetness
Down here, as up above.
“Return! Return!” beloved,
The Spirit calls to thee;
Amid earth’s many voices
He speaks untiringly.
The world may speak of beauty,
Of pleasure, and of love;
May dazzle with its brilliance, —
He whispers, “Look above!”
“Return Return!” beloved,
Its mirth will soon be o’er,
And love but breaks its heart upon
The fairest earthly shore.
And still, with wistful yearning,
Across the jasper sea
The voice of God is calling,
“Return! Return! to Me.”
A. S. M.
How can I know God’s heart? Is it by looking to my own heart? No, but by learning it in the gift of His Son. The God we have to say to is this God who has given His Son for sinners; and if we do not know this, we do not know Him at all. “He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?”
J. N. D.