UNBELIEF

  There is no unbelief;
Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod
And waits to see it push away the clod,
  He trusts in God.

Whoever says when clouds are in the sky,
"Be patient, heart; light breaketh by and by,"
  Trusts the Most High.

Whoever sees 'neath winter's field of snow,
The silent harvest of the future grow,
  God's power must know.

Whoever lies down on his couch to sleep,
Content to lock each sense in slumber deep,
  Knows God will keep.

Whoever says "Tomorrow," "The
       unknown,"
"The future," trusts that Power alone
  He dares disown.

The heart that looks on when the eyelids
       close,
And dares to live when life has only woes,
  God's comfort knows.

  There is no unbelief;
For thus by day and night unconsciously
The heart lives by the faith the lips deny.
    God knoweth why!

--Elizabeth York Case, 1840-1911