I have a treasure which I prize;
             Its like I cannot find:

Myrna Brooks Welch 

T'was battered and scarred, and the auctioneer:
Thought it scarcely worth his while

Fay Inchfawn

I know it all . . . I know.
For I am God. I am Jehovah,   

After the rain, the sunlight is brighter;

After a storm, the breezes are lighter;

James Rowe 

After a while our sky will be bright,

Sunshine will banish shadows of night,

What though storm-clouds gather round me,
Hovering darkly o’er my way?

Mary Bowley Peters 

Through the love of God our Saviour,
     All will be well;

All people that on earth do dwell,
Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice:

Gerhard Tersteegen

Allured into the desert,
     With God alone, apart,

Anne Steele 

Almighty Maker of my frame,
Teach me the measure of my days,

When no kind earthly friend is near,
With gentle words my heart to cheer,

Tate and Brady 

As pants the hart for cooling streams,
      When heated in the chase;

Tate and Brady 

As pants the hart for cooling streams,
When heated in the chase,

Horatius Bonar

Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face;
     Here would I touch and handle things unseen,

Fay Inchfawn 

Because He heard my voice, and answered me,
Because He listened, ah, so patiently,

Samuel Wesley, Sr. 

Behold the Saviour of mankind
Nailed to the shameful tree!

Max M. Johnson

Why all this fuss about birthdays?

What is it that makes them so great?

Horatius Bonar

 Blessed be God, our God,

Who gave for us His well-beloved Son,

John Fawcett 

How precious is the Book divine

      By inspiration given!

Karl Johann Philipp Spitta 

By the holy hills surrounded,
On her firm base securely founded,

James Montgomery 

Call Jehovah thy salvation,
Rest beneath the Almighty's shade;

Can sinners hope for heaven,

Who love this world so well;

Max M. Johnson

The Sculptor’s tool fashioned with skill

George C. Neumark
Translated by Catherine Winkworth

If thou but suffer God to guide thee,
     And hope in Him through all thy ways,

John Wesley 

Day after day I sought the Lord,
And waited patiently;