"God Ever Cares!" His heart is ever tender;
His love doth never fail nor show decay;
The loves of earth, though strong and deep, may perish–
But His shall never, never pass away.

"God Ever Cares!" And thus when life is lonely,
When blessings one time prized are growing dim,–
The heart may find a sweet and sunny shelter,–
A refuge and a resting-place in Him.

"God Ever Cares!" And Time can never change Him;–
His nature is to care, and love, and bless;
And drearest, darkest, emptiest days afford Him
But means to make more sweet His own caress.

(J. Danson Smith)