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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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Home and Heaven

By JOHN FRANCIS OLMSTED

JOHN FRANCIS OLMSTED
A HAPPY home is heaven here While in this world of woe; It cheers the life and lifts the heart In crowded street or busy mart, Regardless of the show The world at large may have or give To help or hinder while we live Beside our friend or foe; So look upon the good and true, Appreciate the faithful few Whose home is heaven here, And strive to make a better home Beneath the shining vaulted dome, E'er filled with love and cheer.
The hope of every Christian sage E'er points to plans divine, And from the cares of busy life Amid the thoughts of earthly strife There is the thought sublime Of heaven’s high, exalted throne For him who stands, perhaps, alone, Accepted child of thine; Then courage take and faith renew, For heaven is a place for you, Filled with its glories rare, Where all the faithful ones of earth, Regardless of a humble birth, Shall all its blessings share!
Columbus, Ohio.