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The Rose and the Thorn

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 23, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 4.

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The Rose and the Thorn

By EDW. J. URQUHART

EDW. J. URQUHART
I SAW a rose upon its stem     In all its beauty rare; But when I plucked it from the bush,     I found that thorns were there. They pierced my hands as thorns will     pierce, And blood oozed from the vein; But O the rose that I had plucked     Outweighed by far the pain!
And in the path of life we tread     In pilgrimage to heaven, The path with thorns oftentimes is strewn,     The road rough and uneven; But over all, the love of God     Is balm to pain and sorrow. Death, as the thorn, may sting to-day,     But life is ours to-morrow.
Winton, Cal.