
Poem
The Secret
I met God in the morning,
When my day was at its best;
And His presence came like sunrise
With a glory in my breast.
All day long the Presence lingered,
All day long He stayed with me;
And we sailed in perfect calmness
O’er a very troubled sea.
Other ships were blown and battered,
Other ships were sore distressed;
But the winds that seemed to drive them,
Brought to us both peace and rest.
Then I thought of other mornings,
With a keen remorse of mind,
When I, too, had loosed the moorings
With the Presence left behind.
So I think I know the secret
Learned from many a troubled way;
You must seek Him in the morning
If you want Him through the day.