WAITING ON GOD! DAILY MESSAGE FOR A MONTH by Andrew Murray Author of "WITH CHRIST," "ABIDE IN CHRIST," etc., etc. Fleming H. Revell Company Chicago — New York — Toronto Publishers of Evangelical Literature To MR. and MRS. ALBERT A. HEAD Whose Love Gave Us Such a Bright Home During Our Absence From Our Own And To Whose Labours And Prayers The Days Of Quiet Waiting On God In Whitechapel And The Day Of United Prayer In Exeter Hall Owed So Much This Little Volume Is Affectionately Inscribed

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'Wait Thou Only Upon God.'

'My soul, wait thou only upon God'. — Ps. 62:5

'A God . . which worketh for him that waiteth for Him.' — Isa. 64:4 (R.V.)

'WAIT only upon God;' my soul, be still,
And let thy God unfold His perfect will,
Thou fain would'st follow Him throughout this year,
Thou fain with listening heart His voice would'st hear,

Thou fain would'st be a passive instrument
Possessed by God, and ever Spirit-sent
Upon His service sweet--then be thou still
For only thus can He in thee fulfil

His heart's desire. Oh, hinder not His hand
From fashioning the vessel He hath planned.
Be silent unto God,' and thou shalt know
The quiet, holy calm He doth bestow

On these who wait on Him; so shalt thou bear
His promises, and His life and light e'en where
The night is darkest, and thine earthly days
Shall shew His love, and sound His glorious praise

And He will work with head unfettered, free
His high and holy purposes through thee.
First on thee must that hand of power be turned,
Till in His love's strong fire thy dross is burned,

And thou come forth a vessel for thy Lord,
So frail and empty, yet, since He hath poured
Into thine emptiness His life, His love
Henceforth through thee the power of God shall move

And He will work for thee. Stand still and see
The victories thy God will gain for thee;
So silent, yet so irresistible,
Thy God shall do the thing impossible.

Oh, question not henceforth what thou canst do;
Thou canst do naught. But He will carry through
The work where human energy had failed
Where all thy best endeavours had availed

Thee nothing. Then, my soul, wait and be still;
Thy God shall work for thee His perfect will.
If thou will take no less, His best shall be
Thy portion now and through eternity.

— FREDA HANBURY