At Any Cost

My Goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace,

Nor even blessing, but Himself, my God;

Tis His to lead me there, not mine, but His -

At any cost, dear Lord, by any road!

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So faith bounds forward to its goal in God,

And love can trust Her Lord to lead her there;

Upheld by Him, my soul is following hard

Till God hath full fulfilled my deepest prayer.

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No matter if the way be sometimes dark,

No matter though the cost be ofttimes great,

He knoweth how I best shall reach the mark,

The way that leads to Him must needs be straight.

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One thing I know, I cannot say Him nay;

One thing I do, I press towards my Lord;

My God my glory here, from day to day,

And in the glory there my great Reward.

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by Mrs. Charles E. Cowman from Streams in the Dessert

quoted by Dr. John S. Barnett in The Joy of a Word Filled Family