Close of the Week by L. J. SHAW.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 20, 1866

Close of the Week.

By L. J. SHAW.

THE closing hours of one more week, Speed swiftly on the wing, And to the weary pilgrim's heart, The welcome Sabbath bring.

They usher in the holy rest, To man in mercy given, Emblem of endless rest to come, With all the blest in Heaven.

They seem so like our days on earth, Passed amid toil and care; The eve of endless day in which, We for that day prepare.

Oh that the lingering hours would haste, Our Lord as soon would come As do the hours of sweet repose, In this our earthly home.

Patience—repine not at thy lot ; But to thy work attend. What if that Sabbath long delay, Once here 'twill never end. L. J. SHAW.