p. 243 | Untitled article by MARY E. GUILFORD

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, October 1, 1867.

CHRISTIAN LONGINGS.

By MARY E. GUILFORD

I long for a home in the earth made new; A home that is free from sin's dark gloom. I am eager to join the good and true, And dwell with them in immortal bloom.

I am weary of this world's ceaseless strife; Weary of sorrow, and wan disease; And I long to pluck from the tree of life, Its precious fruits, and its healing leaves.

Oh! I long to sip from that fountain pure, Whose waters flow from the throne of God; And to stand on the sea of glass secure, With holy saints, the redeemed of the Lord.

Yes, I long to behold that glorious throng, With their robes, their palms, and harps of gold, And join with them in the glad new song— That song of joy by seers foretold.

And that glorious city—sublimely fair— With its gates of pearl, and streets of gold, How I long its sweet rest with saints to share, In its mansions of beauty and wealth untold.

And my Saviour, too, the chief of all, I long to behold in glory bright; To hear his sweet voice the slumberers call From their cold, dark beds, to immortal light.

Oh! glorious morn! transcendently fair! When earth shall be decked in Eden bloom; No sorrow, no sighing shall e'er be there, Not a trace of sin, nor a shade of gloom.

Patiently watch, O my soul, and wait; Ere long the morning will brightly dawn, Which shall usher in that glorious state, For which thou hast waited and prayed so long.

Meanwhile buy the gold that's tried in the fire; And the eye-salve pure that thou may'st see; For all that is holy and high aspire; Stand fast in the faith that has made thee free.

Then, in that day, when the Lord shall come, And that long-made promise be verified, To take his jewels to their heavenly home, Thy longing soul shall be satisfied.

MARY E. GUILFORD.

Castalia, Ohio.