We thank Thee, Lord, for weary days
When desert springs were dry,
And first we knew what depth of need
Thy love could satisfy.

Days when beneath the desert sun,
Along the toilsome road,
O’er roughest ways we walked with One
That One the Son of God.

We thank Thee for that rest in Thee
The weary only know,
The perfect, wondrous sympathy
We only learn below:

The sweet companionship of One
Who once the desert trod:
The glorious fellowship with One
Upon the throne of God.

We know Thee as we could not know
Through heaven’s golden years;
We there shall see Thy glorious face-
Here understand Thy tears!

And here in peace, with Thee we go
Where Thou alone once trod,
Still learning through our need below
Depths of the hearts of God.