Poems (Hoffman)/The Way, the Truth, and the Life

by Martha Lavinia Hoffman

THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE

Lost in the labyrinth of life,
 Groping in doubt and mystery,
Sweetly the voice of Jesus speaks:
 "I am the Way."

Stumbling o'er errors, creeds and doubts,
 To hoary age and heedless youth,
Softly the voice of Jesus speaks:
 "I am the Truth."

Falling beside the weary road,
 Wounded and dying in the strife,
Gently the voice of Jesus speaks:
 "I am the Life."

Lost, stumbling, falling, still, oh still!
 Above life's discord, wrong and strife,
The voice of Jesus speaks and says:
 "I am the Way, the Truth, the Life."