944384What Shall It Profit? — illustrations by Howard PyleWilliam Dean Howells
WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT?
F I lay waste and wither up with doubt
The blessed fields of heaven where once my faith
Possessed itself serenely safe from death;
If I deny the things past finding out;
Or if I orphan my own soul of One
That seemed a Father, and make void the place
Within me where He dwelt in power and grace,
What do I gain by that I have undone?
F I lay waste and wither up with doubt