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LOVE NOT THE WORLD

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 24, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 32, No. 22.

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LOVE NOT THE WORLD.

By L. D. SANTER.

“Love not the world neither the things that are in the world.” 1 John ii, 15.
Love not the world; for it passeth away, Soon will be vanished the joys of to-day, Not here on earth will the weary ones rest, Journey we on to the home of the blest.
Love not the world; for its pleasures will fade, Brief is the sunshine, and dark is the shade, Vainly we sigh for the joys that are flown, Love not the world; for it is not our home.
Love not the world; for its light has grown dim, Clouded by tempest, by sorrow, and sin, Weary and long are the years that have passed, Since the sad blight of sin has been over it cast.
Love not the world; for not long will it last, Soon ’twill be perished, forgotten, and past, Low ’neath its bosom our dear ones we’ve laid, Flowers that are fairest are soonest to fade.
Love not the world; though the worldling may say, Share in our pleasures, be giddy and gay, Or though the scoffer should say with a sneer, Where is the promise that Jesus is near?
Love not the world; for soon Jesus will come, Ransom his people, and gather them home; For the new heavens and new earth prepare, All will be joyous and glorified there.
L. D. SANTER.