OTHERS’ BURDENS

My greatest grief is not my own; That often proves a blessing, For in my grief God's care is shown, And as I am not left alone, It never proves distressing;

But when my brother's grief I bear The weight then seems excessive; His heavy load I inly share, And loaded down by double care, My burden feels oppressive.

Yet I remember Him who bore The world's great load of sorrow, And know that He on me will pour The needed grace to bear the more, To-day and on the morrow.