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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 8, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 36.

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Afterward

By George H. Allen

The seed waits in the furrowed soil For sun and rain and coaxing toil To call it forth in blade and leaf, In fragrant bud and golden sheaf,— The harvest, then.
O'er desert sands, in scorching sun, Pilgrim his weary course must run; O'er mountain heights, with blistering feet, Before he walks the golden street Where there is rest.
Wrestling with storms upon the deep, O'er life's frail bark the billows leap, A prey to the remorseless sea Until is reached the heavenly lee Where there is peace.
For humbling cross and fretting thorn He shall receive the golden crown, And sorrow's tears like pearls shall gem That fair, immortal diadem, The victor's crown.
— George H. Allen.