Poems (Angier)/If Thou Knewest

by Annie Lanman Angier

IF THOU KNEWEST.

If thou knewest, only knewest,
Who it is that seeks to win thee,
From the path of wrong and sorrow;
Breathing hope of brighter morrow;

Thou would' St bow thy stubborn will;
That thy life-cup He might fill,
With the living water pure,
With the peace that will endure.

If thou knewest of the gladness
That shall take the place of sadness;
When the soul from guilt set free,
Bathes in light and purity:

If thou knewest, only knewest,
That to break the chains of sin;
And the heart's closed door to open,
Lets the heavenly Healer in:

If thou knewest—tempted soul,
Take courage, He can make thee whole,
Then, thou, like her at Sychar's well,
The story of the Christ shalt tell.