The Rainbow of Promise by Katerina Blossom Wilcox

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, Cal. · Dec 20, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 50.

The Rainbow of Promise

By Katerina Blossom Wilcox

ALL day long, the tempest raged, the waves lashed high, the rain poured in torrents, the dark clouds hung heavy over that sea on which many frail barks were battling with the elements.

Night was approaching, the long, dark night of despair, which would shut away all hope of human assistance.

But look! the storm is breaking! Away on the western horizon there is a rift in the clouds; the sun is peeping through. Now he shines forth in resplendent glory, making the rain-drops sparkle like jewels, and the foam-capped waves a tinge with gold.

Far off in the eastern sky the once black clouds are aglow with glory, for they are spanned by a beautiful rainbow—the bow of His promise—reflecting in sevenfold measure His love and care.

Hope is kindled anew in the hearts of the weary mariners; and with brighter hopes, with lighter hearts, and with steadier hands, they bend every nerve to reach the other shore.

Troubled mariner on life's sea, are you discouraged? Do the dark waves of sin beat upon your frail craft? Are you losing hope, and ready to sink in the great sea of doubt and strife?

Lift up your eyes, and behold yonder light-fringed cloud. Amid the rain of trial and temptation and discouragement, the Sun of Righteousness is bursting through the dense clouds, and lo! the dark sky is aglow with the seven-hued rainbow of promise—the covenant bow of our Father's presence.

Take courage, faint heart, and remember that the great Sun of Righteousness is ever sending His bright beams of light toward His trusting children below, and the fiercer the storm, the stronger the blasts, the heavier the rainfall, the brighter and more beautiful to the trusting heart is His rainbow of promise.

KATERINA BLOSSOM WILCOX.