Poem February 27, 1943 Issue

Acknowledgment

EDITH SHAW BROWN

Acknowledge God in all your ways
As Love directs your course;
The radiancy of grateful praise
Effaces past remorse
Or future dread, for good supreme
Dispels the mesmerizing dream
Of error that would disavow
The glorious, treasure-laden now.

In God is health—no fear or pain
Devised by erring sense
Can hold in bondage or restrain,
For Truth's omnipotence
Annuls the baneful and unreal
With harmonies that bless and heal;
For man, reflecting bounteous grace,
Beholds his Maker face to face.

In God is peace; though storms assail
On waves of doubt and tears,
The calm of heaven will prevail
As thought, awaiting, hears
The Comforter's beloved voice,
Which bids men waken and rejoice.
Through triumph's smile, 'neath wisdom's rod—
In all your ways acknowledge God.