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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 25, 1866

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 28, No. 17.

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Be Firm.

By D. H. Lamson

Be firm, brother pilgrim, Though clouds intervene, The arm of thy Saviour, Uplifted is seen, Made bare for the conflict, And nerved for the fray; Take courage, then, brother, And watch, wait, and pray. The battle approaching will soon be o'erpast, And you with the ransomed be gathered at last.
What then if the danger Lies thick in the way, And hearts still divided, Will sink in dismay; What then if the storm-cloud, When seeking its prey, Swoops down from the mountain, And hurls them away? Thy defense is prepared, O brother, be true, There's rest in His shadow, a refuge for you.
The kingdom is coming, Oh glorious thought! All its beauty the blood, Of the Saviour has bought. Its walls all the glitter Of earth will outshine, All pearls from the ocean, Or gems from the mine. T'will settle in glory on Olivet's plain, And saints with the Saviour forever shall reign.
Be firm, then, though trials Shall here be thy lot; In that happy country They'll all be forgot. Thy sorrows all numbered, Temptations all o'er, And joys unalloyed fill Thy heart evermore. Be strong, then, my brother, for Jesus ere long, Will victory grant, then be strong, yea, be strong.
D. H. LAMSON.
Olivet, Mich.