Mary Gardiner Brainard

"I see not a step before me as I tread on another year; But I ’ve left the Past in God’s keeping,—the Future His mercy shall clear; And what looks dark in the distance may brighten as I draw near."

"I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light."

"That which we look on with unselfish love And true humility is surely ours, Even as a lake looks at the stars above And makes within itself a heaven of stars."