Show Z L 1 IT t t. t Whatever Is Best GRACE NOLL CROWELL I DARE not pray for you dear friend that m I sorrow The strange unwelcome guest may pass you by I dare not even trust that each tomorrow May hold for you a bright and cloudless sky I cannot hope that pain that hard taskmaster May fay leave you quite untouched throughout the years Or that you may escape loss and disaster That grief may never dim your eyes with tears 1 11 1 I For only sorrow brings an understanding Of others' others sorrow only as we learn The slow and tortuous way the harsh demanding That grieving make upon us can we turn And speak the freeing word to some hurt brother And well we know that blue skies bring no rain r To heal the heart and we can learn no other VI Way ay to sympathize save through experienced pain I crave the best things for you O a my friend And for what is best we can trust God to send 0 |