Light After Darkness: A Poem

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LIGHT AFTER DARKNESS.

BY GRACE INGLES FROST, SALT LAKE CITY.

"Follow the Star! And it shall lead to no one less than God, And it shall lead to God, though God. he far.

The night was dark and stormy, The moon gave forth no light, My feet were torn and bleeding From boulders in my flight. I cried aloud in anguish "Oh Father! God of love! Hide not thy count'nance from me, Support me by thy mighty arm, And keep me close to thee!"

In agony, I laid me Down on the path to die; For darker and more threatening Had grown the midnight sky. When lo! from out the darkness A star appeared above, A star of brightest lustre, An emblem of God's love.

arose,and once more struggled Along life's thorny way, My tear-dimmed eyes fixed stead'ly Upon that star's bright ray; Then all my tears and suff'ring, Forgotten were by me; For while I gazed in rapture The night had ceased to be.