Missionary Volunteer Department
By Edw. J. Urquhart
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| M. E. KERN |
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General Secretary |
| C. L. BENSON |
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Assistant Secretary |
| MATILDA ERICKSON |
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N. Am. Div. Secretary |
| MEADE MACGUIRE |
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N. Am. Div. Field Secretary |
Lo, June has come and gone; but who would say
This morning, chill with winds and dark with clouds,
Were summer day? What mean the winds, the low-hung clouds, the chill?
Does nature, e'en like boastful man, refuse to know
A sovereign will? And O, if nature should refuse to yield
To God's decree, then were man's destiny
In sorrow sealed! Nay, unseen eyes are keeping watch today;
And if the day be dark and winds must blow,
It is God's way. Yea, he permits old earth to feel the curse;
A lesson thus would speak to puny man
E'er comes the worse. Such waywardness in things of nature speak
To those who daily through the passing years
True knowledge seek. They tell of that dread day when God permits
The elements to yield to baser powers,
And judgment sits. Then, sinner, look upon the signs abroad,
Yield to the wooing of the Spirit now,
And turn to God. Yea, bid him fold his wings above thy form,
That he may bless thee now and hide thee through
The coming storm.