Poems (Stephens)/Doubting

by Eliza Jane Stephens

DOUBTING.

"I cannot pray in the dark, mamma,
 I am afraid God will not hear,
Or if he does, can't see it is me,"
 So said a little child sincere.

Ah, we that are older sometimes feel
 It is so dark we cannot pray,
Wo sometimes fear that God will not hear,
 But has in anger turned away.

And yet wo know that His promises
 And sure to those who pray aright.
No darkness ever beclouds His view,
 His grace affords us needed light.