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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 30, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 5.

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Only Wait

By Joshua Tappmeyer

Oft there comes a gentle whisper o’er me stealing, When my trials and my burdens seem too great; Like the sweet-voiced bells of evening, softly pealing, It is saying to my spirit, “Only wait.”
When I can not understand my Father’s leading, And his dealing seems to me but cruel fate, Still, I hear that gentle whisper ever pleading, “God is working, God is faithful—only wait.”
When the promise seems to linger, long delaying, And I tremble lest, perhaps, it come too late, Still I hear that sweet-voiced whisper ever saying, “Though it tarry, it is coming—only wait.”
O, how little soon will seem our hardest sorrow, And how trifling is our present brief estate; Could we only see the light of heaven’s to-morrow, O, how easy it would be for us to wait!
I have chosen my eternal portion yonder, I am pressing hard to reach yon heavenly gate, And though oft along the way I weep and wonder, Still I hear that cheering whisper, “Only wait.”
—Joshua Tappmeyer.