Poems (Coolidge)/"Rejoice Evermore"
"REJOICE EVERMORE"
(1 Thess. v. 16)
O struggling soul so faltering, Let all thy murmurs cease; Look up and smile, let hope beguile Till restlessness be peace; For He thou servest loveth With an almighty love; Thine every' prayer invokes the care Unfailing trust shall prove.
O sorrowing soul, with steadfast gaze, The bow of promise see; When love shines through the rifts of blue All clouds and shadows flee; The Christ who wept with Mary Each human grief can feel; By healing balm He giveth calm, And doth His love reveal.
O martyr soul, who for His name Worthy to suffer art, Now leap for joy, naught can destroy The peace within thy heart; Thou sharest with thy Saviour The cruel crown of thorn; Gethsemane and Calvary He for thy sake hath borne.
The valley of the shadow reached, Alone thou needst not be; Rejoice, O soul! so near the goal, For Christ is still with thee; Thou soon, with all the angels, Shalt alleluias sing, And with one voice fore'er rejoice In Him, thy Lord and King.