NOT UNTIL EVENING
BY ALICE M. BALL.
And at even, when the sun did set,
they brought unto Him all that were diseased… and all the city was gathered
together at the door.-St. Mark i:32,33.
Not until evening,
blessed Master min,
When all was hushed the city walls within,
Were brought for healing by Thy touch Divine,
The “heavy-laden” with disease and sin.
When all was hushed the city walls within,
Were brought for healing by Thy touch Divine,
The “heavy-laden” with disease and sin.
Not until evening, and the
sun had set,-
All other means resorted to in vain-
Would hearts consent, reluctant even yet
To seek a Saviour’s healing for their pain.
All other means resorted to in vain-
Would hearts consent, reluctant even yet
To seek a Saviour’s healing for their pain.
All through the day
pursuits of worldly gain
Still hinder souls from turning to the Light,
And God’s great mercy is proclaimed in vain,
Till lesser lights are fading from our sight.
Still hinder souls from turning to the Light,
And God’s great mercy is proclaimed in vain,
Till lesser lights are fading from our sight.
Not until evening, and I
marvel why
Thy helpless creatures elsewhere spend the day,
And till night’s shadows flit across the sky
From proffered mercy ever turn away.
Thy helpless creatures elsewhere spend the day,
And till night’s shadows flit across the sky
From proffered mercy ever turn away.
Master, remove far from
us unbelief,
And then we pray Thee give “an opened ear”*
That in the morning seeks Thee for relief,
That waits with diligence Thy truth to hear.
And then we pray Thee give “an opened ear”*
That in the morning seeks Thee for relief,
That waits with diligence Thy truth to hear.
Give us, we pray Thee,
an attentive soul
Hearkening ever to commands of Thine,
Make us in spirit and in body whole,
And consecrate us to Thy use Divine.
Hearkening ever to commands of Thine,
Make us in spirit and in body whole,
And consecrate us to Thy use Divine.
*Exodus xv:26.
