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My Beloved is Mine

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 12, 1865

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 27, No. 2.

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My Beloved is Mine.

“My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn my Beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.” Song ii, 16, 17.
Oh, how delightful 'tis to know That Israel's God is truly mine; From whom eternal riches flow In boundless plenitude divine!
Thou art my own Beloved now, The bond is made forever sure; Thy blood hath sealed that solemn vow Through endless ages to endure!
From this sublimest union springs Eternal fruits of grace below: Man now his grateful homage brings, While love abounds and graces grow!
In these my Loved One takes delight, Such fragrance from these lilies rise; Souls cleansed from sin, made pure and white, Are precious in my Saviour's eyes!
“I am thy God,” his language is, “Thy Husband, Saviour, and thy Friend;” And I rejoice since “I am his,” And know his love shall never end!
Until that glorious day appear, When shadows all shall flee away; Oh may I feel my Saviour near, To keep me in “the narrow way!”
And O Beloved, haste the time, When day shall break, and darkness flee; When in thy kingdom thou shalt reign, And I thee face to face shall see!
“How long, how long,” thy martyrs cry, Until the avenging sword descend; We, too, upon thy Truth rely, And pray and calmly wait the end!