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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 8, 1866

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 27, No. 23.

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Doing Nothing.

"Without me ye can do nothing." John xv, 5.
"NOTHING without thee," Lord? So testifies thy word, For so I read. All I can do or say, As well were thrown away, While I proceed To build my stately house upon the sand, And then presume to hope that it will stand.
Nothing—in all to fail— When right seems to prevail In all I do? When the applause I gain Comes from earth's noblest men, Sincere and true, And when from hight to hight of power and fame, I upward press to register my name?
Nothing! All's vanity, A shadow without thee— A bubble, dream; I reap from all my toil But the refuse of spoil; Can only claim, The flattery of my fellows, which, though fair, Wastes with their fleeting breath, and flees me there.
"Nothing without thee," Lord? Oh! teach me by thy word, To seek thine aid. May I abide in thee, Thy word abide in me, And I be made One of the branches of the living Vine, Bearing much fruit. The glory shall be thine. —Christian Intelligencer.