The Two Views

To man

it seemed that ev­il had pre­vailed

That His fair life had al­to­ge­ther failed

And naught was left but what the Cross im­paled—

But God saw oth­er­wise!

They would have hailed Him king

and with ac­claim

Upon the wings of His far reach­ing fame

Have swept the land like a de­vour­ing flame;

But God saw oth­er­wise!

It seemed as though His life had gone for naught—

Nothing to show for that long bat­tle fought

But a pale pri­son­er to the gib­bet brought—

But God saw oth­er­wise!

No last­ing good seemed ev­er like to come

Of all His sow­ing—nei­ther fruit nor bloom

Instead—a fe­lon’s cross

an ali­en tomb—

But God saw oth­er­wise!

We

too

at times

come nigh to lose our hope

When with life’s ev­ils we no more can cope

And in the dark with hea­vy hearts we grope;

But God saw oth­er­wise!