'I am Jehovah, I change not."

Unchangeable! How strange it seems
And yet how blest.
Amidst the fitful changefulness
Of life, what rest
Unspeakable! Here, hearts we trust
May change with changing years,
Requiting bitterness, and tears,
For all our love-
Not so above.
We know one faithful heart is there,
Who loveth, and will ever care.

Unchangeable! Alas, we know
Indeed too well
The changefulness of human hearts.
Who but could tell
Of trust betrayed, ingratitude.
Yea, serving man, how oft we reap
The bitterness which makes us weep.
Ah, well indeed
The heart should bleed,
If thus it learneth to confide
Full trust in Him, Who doth abide.

Unchangeable! tho' I may change
From mood to mood,
From warm to cold, and ofttimes brood,
And must be wooed
Afresh by mercy, love, and grace.
O, heart of mine, with shame I move,
That thus thou couldst requite such love.
Unchangeable!
I know it well. In that He loveth me today,
I know He'll love eternally.

O heart bowed down, and sore distressed,
What wouldst thou now
Not give, that God might thee endow?
How wouldst thou vow
To toil and slave, for love like this.
Ah, thus His love thou couldst not have.
Thou needest not for this love to slave.
Unchangeable!
O, hear Him tell- To him who asketh life of Me,
Is life eternal, full, and free.

But thou must own that thou art dead-
In need of life-
Beyond the power of prayer, or strife,
To win thee life,
But dead in trespasses and sin.
Could Christ so suffer, die and bleed,
Had there not been the deepest need?
' Twas for the lost
He paid such cost. He said it, the Unchangeable,
"Come unto Me, whoever will."

Unchangeable-that haven sweet,
The haven of His breast.
Let go thy fears, thy heart's unrest,
And be thou blest.
He'll chase all doubts and fears away,
And give thee such a resting place
As only can be found by grace.
Thy sorrow tell
Th' Unchangeable:
He'll heal thee with life's waters pure,
And speak a peace that shall endure.

Yea, Lord, Thou art th' unchanging One,
I bless Thy name,
Thy love is evermore the same.
None ever came
To Thee for life, and was refused.
I rest me on the Riven Rock,
Tho' men may laugh, or scorn, or mock,
Unchanging One,
Th' Eternal Son, Thou art eternally the same,
Thy love, Thy power, Thy gracious name.

H. McD.