TOUCH by Lucy E. Brown.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 9, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 48.

TOUCH.

By Lucy E. Brown.

BY LUCY E. BROWN.

A living coal! And with its glow It touched another coal, when, lo, The dark form into radiance grew, And light and cheer beamed forth anew!

A loving heart! And with its love It touched another heart, which strove With adverse waves on troubled sea, When oars were plying heavily; And lo, through rifted clouds Hope smiled, And Love the weariness beguiled!

That living coal be mine to glow, That loving heart be mine to show, While earth has sorrowing hearts that wait The opening of Redemption's gate.

—The Advance.