SA 112:8{The Gracious One bears with us, and gives line upon line to His poor little children. And so He says, "The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds, through Christ Jesus." And again, "Thy thoughts shall be established." And again, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee, because he trusteth in Thee." And to prove to us that these promises can be realized in present experience He sends down to us through nearly three thousand years the words of the man who prayed, "Create in me a clean heart, O God," and lets us hear twice over the new song put by the same Holy Spirit into his mouth: "My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed.”
That waiting One, who now is letting us try again:
Watching us with the patient brow that bore the wreath of pain;
Thoroughly teaching what He would teach,
Line upon line,
Thoroughly doing His work in each.
Then let our hearts be still, though our task is turned today,
Oh let Him teach us what He will in His own gracious way.
Till, sitting only at Jesus' feet,
As we learn each line,
The hardest is found all clear and sweet!