"He came to the Cross when his young cheek was blooming,
And rais'd to the Lord the bright glance of his eye;
And when o'er its beauty death's darkness was looming,
The Cross did uphold him, the Saviour was nigh."
"There is a world of death beneath our feet;
There is a world of life above our heads:
Here ruins, graves, dry leaves, fall'n blossoms meet;
There God, in light and air, His glory spreads."
"Submit yourselves to God, and you shall find
God fights the battles of a will resign'd."
"Let sickness blast, let death devour,
If heaven must recompense our pains;
Perish the grass, and fade the flower,
If pure the Word of God remains."
"Jesus protects, my fears are gone,—
What can the Rock of Ages move?
Safe in Thy arms I lay me down,—
Thy everlasting arms of love."
