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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 16, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 3.

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What It Cost

By WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN

WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN
Didst ere thy heart yearn for some wandering one As the father's heart yearned o'er his prodigal son? Or hast thou ever felt the fearfulness Of the weight of love and its soul distress? Knowest thou the watchings through nights of care,— Of the anxious heart-pleadings in fervent prayer?
Then canst thou know far as mortal can know What was the weight of the world of woe, What were the yearnings and soul distress Of the wrestling there in the wilderness, Of the lone Man of Sorrows in midnight prayer Burdened for souls in the garden there, Of the agony breaking his great heart of love On the cross, while our Father beheld him above.
If ere thou hast known the soul's passion and strife For friend or companion, for brother or wife, Thank God he has given thee this mite to know The anguish he knew in the weight of our woe; Let his benediction be thine to impart That sympathy sorrow alone gives each heart, Let grace prune thy passion, his love rule thy day, And know through thy sorrow he's with thee alway.
Portland, Ore.