Mary Gardiner Brainard

Mary Gardiner Brainard (1837–1905) was an American writer of religious poetry. She was the niece of poet John Gardiner Calkins Brainard. Quotes I see not a step before me as I tread on another year;But I ’ve left the Past in God’s keeping,—the FutureHis mercy shall clear;And what looks dark in the distance may brighten as I draw near. Not knowing, published in The Congregationalist, March 1869, and set to music as a hymn by Philip Paul Bliss in the 1870s. Thomas Corts, Glimpses of Christian History Presents More Stories: Blessed Bliss, 2007. I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light. Not knowing (1869). That which we look on with unselfish loveAnd true humility is surely ours,Even as a lake looks at the stars aboveAnd makes within itself a heaven of stars. Ownership, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). External links Category:1905 deaths Category:Poets from the United States Category:People from Connecticut Category:19th-century poets from the United States