He only knows life's greatest peace,
Its deepest sense of loss and gain,
Whose inmost thought has found surcease
From sorrow, care, and wearing pain,
In knowing God as Life.
He only knows life's greatest joy,
Its one triumphant, ceaseless song,
Whose life is just, — knows no alloy
Of hidden sin or flagrant wrong, —
For God, he knows, is Truth.
He only knows life's truest Friend,
The one unfailing help in need,
The One on whom he can depend,—
Can follow where His voice may lead,—
Who knows that God is Love.
