( PSALM CXVI. )

By Elizabeth Rebecca Ward

Because He heard my voice, and answered me,

Because He listened, ah, so patiently,

In those dark days, when sorrowful, alone,

I knelt with tears, and prayed Him for a stone;

Because He said me “Nay,” and then in- stead,

Oh, wonderful sweet truth! He gave me bread,

Set my heart singing all in sweet accord;

Because of this, I love — I love the Lord!