By Night When Others Soundly Slept
By night when others soundly slept
And hath at once both ease and Rest,
My waking eyes were open kept
And so to lie I found it best.
I sought him whom my Soul did Love,
With tears I sought him earnestly.
He bow’d his ear down from Above.
In vain I did not seek or cry.
My hungry Soul he fill’d with Good;
He in his Bottle put my tears,
My smarting wounds washt in his blood,
And banisht thence my Doubts and fears.
What to my Saviour shall I give
Who freely hath done this for me?
I’ll serve him here whilst I shall live
And Love him to Eternity.
Stray Thoughts 
Hi Barbara, you mentioned something about Chinese New Year and I hope this will clarify…
Central to the celebration is families getting together on the eve to have the reunion dinner. Sometimes the family may include generations and they gather all of them together.
There will be lots of visitations on the next few days with the giving out of ang pow, or red packets.
In China, it is also known as the Chinese Spring Festival.
An interesting and condensed article is found here. I hope you’ll enjoy it. 🙂
By the way, that’s a lovely poem!
Just dropping by today to send along my heartfelt thanks for such a lovely happy birthday wish! Y’all made my day so special yesterday, and I cherished every single wish left in my comments. You’re a treasure!!! Thank you kindly!!!