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The Saviour's Smile

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 17, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 42.

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The Saviour's Smile

By L. D. SANTEE

L. D. SANTEE
I HAVE read the Word, I have studied long Of the land of light and joy and song; I remember the promise God has given To the righteous ones of a home in heaven; And the shining mountains of paradise, I can see their glory with faith's bright eyes; But the sweetest joy that to me is given, Is the Saviour's smile I shall see in heaven.
I read of the city whose streets are gold, Whose dwellers never grow sad nor old, Where life is sweet, with never a blight Through the endless day, for there is no night; Sweet flowers of beauty shall fade no more, They are part of the joys of the farther shore; But the sweetest joy that to me is given, Is the Saviour's smile I shall see in heaven.
I can see with gladness the jasper walls, Where the sunshine of heaven forever falls; I shall walk with loved ones on streets of gold, With a gladness the angels have never told. No shade of sorrow nor taint of wrong Will mar the joys of the land of song; But the sweetest joy that to me is given, Is the Saviour's smile I shall see in heaven.
By faith I see, when the sky is dark, His guiding presence around my bark; When the floods are deep, and the bil- lows foam, I think with joy, I am nearing home. My Lord in the heavens will soon appear, And there in the haven the skies are clear; But the sweetest joy that to me is given, Is the Saviour's smile I shall see in heaven.
Moline, Ill.