In My Need
I
NEEDED one to go a mile with me
Down the long road. I asked his company,
And lo, he went that mile, and then went twain
Out through the darkness and the bitter rain.
The night was cold—he loaned me his great cloak
And another garment also, and he spoke
Kind heartening words that strangely cheered and
blest
My weary heart. He made me stop and rest
Before the steepest climb. The thunder crashed,
And through the darkness the forked lightning
flashed,
And lo, I saw his face—’twas like the One
We know on earth as God’s beloved Son,
So like him, that I felt instinctively
That it was Christ who walked the road with me.
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