To-day and To-morrow by Emily L. Canright

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 3, 1866

To-day and To-morrow.

By Emily L. Canright

To-day, the sky is decked in deepest blue, To-morrow, it assumes an angry hue, To-day, bright airy clouds go flitting by, To-morrow, black ones gather round the sky, To-day, the sun bestows its warmest rays, To-morrow, hides his face from human gaze, To-day, fond Hope rears castles high in air, To-morrow, Hope is shrouded in despair, To-day, we're flushed with life, and health, and bloom, To-morrow, sleeping in the silent tomb, To-day, our forms are robed in rich array, To-morrow, we're a form of palseless clay, To-day, we paint a future great, sublime, To-morrow, we're beyond the scenes of time, To-day, the Saviour pleads before the throne, To-morrow, ceasing—cries, 'Tis done, 'tis done, To-day, the Saviour calls; oh, why delay? To-morrow? Nay, too late, come now to-day, "To-day," our Father cries, "is the accepted time," O! come, to-day, to-morrow is not thine. Emily L. Canright. Coldwater, Mich.