--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Townsend, Joseph Longking collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 25 number: 5 published: 1922-03 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Joseph Longking Townsend, "A Hymn of Confidence," *Improvement Era* 25, no. 5 (March 1922): 413.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2505unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2505unse start_page: 413 end_page: 413 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1922-03) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2505unse publication_year: 1922 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1922, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # A Hymn of Confidence A Hymn of Confidence Broad as the blue expanse above Is his dear love, my Savior's love, Deep as his heart's great sympathy Is his dear love that pleads for me. I am assured through faith and hope, With all temptations I may cope, To rise o'er ills of time and place Uplifted by his love and grace. Whene'er my wayward footsteps stray, I may regain his narrow way; Repent again, forsake my pride, And in my Savior's love confide. So let me trust, in sweet accord, As a co-worker with my Lord: His Spirit will suffice for me, That where he is, there I may be. Albuquerque, N. M. Joseph Longking Totvnsend