For, if in dearth,

Or if blest with treasure,

Your past, your present, what hence befall

He only knoweth, Who knoweth all.

[Pg 34]

What God requires of man, He told thee;

He meted out, for your life's career,

What griefs should bend, and what cheers uphold thee

And what you had to accomplish here.

His power wrought you

What you transacted,

And wisdom taught you

That right you acted,

If but you heard, from submissive choice,

The great celestial spirit's voice.

[Pg 35]

Attend the voice of the spirit sounder,

With upright steps, in His errand walk;

And, then, not question if you shall founder,

Nor care for grateful, or thankless, talk!

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