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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · September 3, 1867

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. XXX, No. 12

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"SHUN THE GAY, THE LIGHT AND TRIFLING."

By M. J. COTTERILL

Shun the gay, the light and trifling! Of a still voice soft and low, Whispers to my heart this caution, And I try to heed it too.
Yes I try to heed the warning, For I know the light and gay, Do not love the path I follow— 'Tis the rough and narrow way.
And I know that if I mingle, With the thoughtless and the gay; I shall soon with them be treading, In the broad and flowery way.
“Flowery?” Yes, 'tis strewn with flowers, Which are beautiful and fair, But there's pitfalls hid beneath them, Thorns, and many a deadly snare.
Help me, O my heavenly Father, Guide thy frail, weak child I pray, Lest I yield to earth's enchantments, And 'mid bowers of danger stray.
Help me evermore to listen To that voice which whispers low, Shun the gay, the light and trifling,— Strengthen me, to heed it too.
M. J. COTTERILL.
Jeddo, N. Y.