BEGIN THE DAYBegin each morning with a talk to God,And ask for your divine inheritanceOf usefulness, contentment, and success.Resign all fear, all doubt, and all despair.The stars doubt not, and they are undismayed,Though whirled through space for countless centuries,And told not why or wherefore: and the seaWith everlasting ebb and flow obeys,And leaves the purpose with the unseen Cause.The star sheds radiance on a million worlds,The sea is prodigal with waves, and yetNo lustre from the star is lost, and notOne drop is missing from the ocean tides.Oh! brother to the star and sea, know allGod’s opulence is held in trust for thoseWho wait serenely and who work in faith.
Begin each morning with a talk to God,And ask for your divine inheritanceOf usefulness, contentment, and success.Resign all fear, all doubt, and all despair.The stars doubt not, and they are undismayed,Though whirled through space for countless centuries,And told not why or wherefore: and the seaWith everlasting ebb and flow obeys,And leaves the purpose with the unseen Cause.The star sheds radiance on a million worlds,The sea is prodigal with waves, and yetNo lustre from the star is lost, and notOne drop is missing from the ocean tides.Oh! brother to the star and sea, know allGod’s opulence is held in trust for thoseWho wait serenely and who work in faith.