The Eye Of Faith

 

"Let us all come forward and draw near with true, honest and sincere hearts
in unqualified assurance and absolute conviction engendered by faith,
by that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust
and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness, having our hearts
sprinkled and purified from a guilty evil conscience and our bodies
cleansed with pure water.

So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope
we cherish and confess our acknowledgement of it, for He Who
promised is reliable and faithful to His word.
(Hebrews 10:22-23)

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

 Painting courtesy/Yeshua's Child Art

I do not ask for earthly store

Beyond a day's supply;

I only covet, more and more,

The clear and single eye,

To see my duty face to face,

And trust the Lord for daily grace.

Then shall my heart keep singing,

While to the cross I cling;

For rest is sweet at Jesus' feet,

While homeward faith keeps winging,

While homeward faith keeps winging.

I care not for the empty show

That thoughtless worldlings see;

I crave to do the best I know,

And leave the rest with Thee-

Well satisfied that sweet reward

Is sure to those who trust the Lord.

Then shall my heart keep singing,

While to the cross I cling;

For rest is sweet at Jesus' feet,

While homeward faith keeps winging,

While homeward faith keeps winging.

Whate'er the crosses mine shall be,

I will not dare to shun;

I only ask to live for Thee,

And that Thy will be done;

Thy will, O Lord, be mine each day,

While pressing on my homeward way.

Then shall my heart keep singing,

While to the cross I cling;

For rest is sweet at Jesus' feet,

While homeward faith keeps winging,

While homeward faith keeps winging.

And when at last, my labor o'er,

I cross the narrow sea,

Grant, Lord, that on the other shore

My soul may dwell with Thee,

And learn what here I cannot know,

Why Thou hast ever loved me so.

Then shall my heart keep singing,

While to the cross I cling;

For rest is sweet at Jesus' feet,

While homeward faith keeps winging,

While homeward faith keeps winging.

"The Eye Of Faith"
(1891)
J.J. Maxfield
19th century minister