p. 1 | THE PROPHET ELIJAH by Mrs. M. F. Gould

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 24, 1881

THE PROPHET ELIJAH.

By Mrs. M. F. Gould

BY MRS. M. F. GOULD.

"Behold I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord; and he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse." Mal. 4: 5, 6.

FATHERS and mothers in Zion, There's a work for each of you; Remember a blessing cometh To him alone who will do.

Turn your hearts unto your children, Lead them from the fowler's snare, Teach them of the love of Jesus; They are objects of his care.

Labor hard, the days are evil, Take no rest along the way. Ever earnest, never tiring, Lead them to the realms of day.

Hear ye not Elijah's message? Heed ye not the solemn cry? Th' Prince of glory soon is coming, And our moments quickly fly.

Take your little children with you, Kneel with them in earnest prayer: Seek, oh seek, their soul's salvation While they're yet within your care.

Shall the day of God o'ertake us With our work but partly done? Will we gain the lasting vict'ry With the battle partly won?

When thou sittest with thy household, When thou walkest by the way; Thou shouldst ever to thy children Teach God's precepts day by day.

"Feed my lambs," the Saviour tells us, With the precious words of life; Draw their hearts from earth's vain pleasures, From its ceaseless round of strife.

Point them to the home of glory, Just beyond these fleeting years; Where reign peace and joy and gladness, Mingled not with grief and tears.

Woodland, Cal.