enclosed by His love
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I’m standing Lord:
There is a mist that blinds my sight.
Steep, jagged rocks, front, left and right
lower dim, gigantic, in the night.
Where is the way?
I’m standing, Lord:
The black rock hems me in behind.
Above my head a moaning wind
chills and oppresses heart and mind.
I am afraid !
I’m standing, Lord.
The rock is hard beneath my feet.
I nearly slipped, Lord, on the sleet.
So weary, Lord - and where a seat?
Still must I stand?
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He answered me, and on His face
a look ineffable of grace;
of perfect, understanding love,
which all my murmuring did remove.
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I’m standing, Lord.
Since Thou hast spoken, Lord, I see -
Thou hast beset - these rocks are Thee !
and since Thy love encloses me,
I stand and sing !
[These verses were written by Betty Scott in her 2nd year at Moody Bible Institute. Some years later Betty and her husband John Stam were beheaded by Communists in China (1934) where they had gone as missionaries. They were then only 27 and 28 years of age. Their story is told in the book by Mrs. Howard Taylor - ‘The Triumph of John and Betty Stam’.]
I’m standing Lord:
There is a mist that blinds my sight.
Steep, jagged rocks, front, left and right
lower dim, gigantic, in the night.
Where is the way?
I’m standing, Lord:
The black rock hems me in behind.
Above my head a moaning wind
chills and oppresses heart and mind.
I am afraid !
I’m standing, Lord.
The rock is hard beneath my feet.
I nearly slipped, Lord, on the sleet.
So weary, Lord - and where a seat?
Still must I stand?
--------------
He answered me, and on His face
a look ineffable of grace;
of perfect, understanding love,
which all my murmuring did remove.
---------------
I’m standing, Lord.
Since Thou hast spoken, Lord, I see -
Thou hast beset - these rocks are Thee !
and since Thy love encloses me,
I stand and sing !
[These verses were written by Betty Scott in her 2nd year at Moody Bible Institute. Some years later Betty and her husband John Stam were beheaded by Communists in China (1934) where they had gone as missionaries. They were then only 27 and 28 years of age. Their story is told in the book by Mrs. Howard Taylor - ‘The Triumph of John and Betty Stam’.]