<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; font-family: "Colonna MT", serif; color: rgb(84, 130, 53); background-color: white;">Joy and Peace in Believing</span></b><div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(60, 96, 91); background-color: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">by William Cowper</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;">Sometimes a light surprises</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><br><span style="background-color: white;">The Christian while he sings;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">It is the Lord who rises</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">With healing on His wings;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">When comforts are declining,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">He grants the soul again</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">A season of clear shining,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">To cheer it after rain.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">In holy contemplation</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">We sweetly then pursue</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">The theme of God's salvation,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And find it ever new;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Set free from present sorrow,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">We cheerfully can say,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">E'en let the unknown to-morrow</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Bring with it what it may!</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">It can bring with it nothing,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">But He will bear us through;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Who gives the lilies clothing,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Will clothe His people too;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Beneath the spreading heavens</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">No creature but is fed;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">And He who feeds the ravens</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Will give His children bread.</span><br><br><span style="background-color: white;">Though vine nor fig tree neither</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Their wonted fruit shall bear,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Though all the field should wither,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Nor flocks nor herds be there:</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">Yet God the same abiding,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">His praise shall tune my voice;</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">For, while in Him confiding,</span><br><span style="background-color: white;">I cannot but rejoice.</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>