Consciously the disciple whom Jesus
Loved, you followed:
For you had leaned on Him
And you, in that nearness, had
Enquired: these features displayed
Such as continue to the end.
Welcome. These are some of the attempts at verse that I have made over the years. I trust that they are to the glory of the Lord Jesus - and that putting them here is to His glory too. I have now posted most that I have written at least once but continue in case a new audience finds new blessing. Occasionally I throw in some other verse. Comment are welcome.
Consciously the disciple whom Jesus
Loved, you followed:
For you had leaned on Him
And you, in that nearness, had
Enquired: these features displayed
Such as continue to the end.
Oh hae ye nae heard o Haman the fause,
When, in the stillness of a summer eve,
Thrilled by sweet sadness of the setting sun,
I sit alone, and penitently grieve
O'er all that I have done, and left undone -
All the sad waste of bygone years recalling,
Good half-achieved, and evil undestroyed,
To Him, who can preserve my feet from falling,
I turn, and He is with me. Overjoyed,
My spirit yearns with longing to behold
His image, who, when tempted, never failed.
The past is pardoned, and His arms enfold
One who was faint, and left the heights unscaled.
Long shadows flit around me; no stars shine,
But all is light within me - He is mine!
May 25 1914 (i.e. when he was 20)
Frank Houghton (1894-1972); Houghton subsequently served as General Director of the China Inland Mission.