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ON THE WAY HOME

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 2, 1867

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 30, No. 3.

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ON THE WAY HOME.

By J. A. GREGORY.

As pilgrims in a desert land, Plod on with yearning thoughts of home, So toiling Christians, hand in hand, Called up and down the earth to roam— Long for their home.
Cares like a burden weigh them down, And give them here no time of rest, We fight but find not now the crown; We cannot be supremely blessed— Away from home!
Yet light springs up along the way, That shows us that the hour is near, When it shall come, the welcome day, That brings release to wanderers here— So far from home!
And signal lights flash o'er the hills, As moving gleams to guide us on, Till heaven the day with glory fills, Till night and sin forever gone— Leave us at home!
Then in our Father's presence blest, Sharing the joys he gives his own, Rejoicing in eternal rest, To our enraptured souls is known— The bliss of home!
Durand, Wis.　　　　　　　　　J. A. GREGORY.