Untitled article by Mary E. Guilford

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, February 4, 1868

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. XXXI, No. 8

BEAR THY CROSS.

By Mary E. Guilford

Would'st thou be clad in robes of white, The victor's crown upon thy brow, And stand on Zion's glorious height? Then bear thy cross in meekness now, For whoso beareth not his cross, Unworthy proves himself to be, Of Christ, who for us suffered loss, And bore our sins on Calvary.

If thou would'st make thy peace with him, And in his all-prevailing name Find pardon free from every sin, Then bear thy cross—despite the shame— And count it joy that for his sake Life's bitter burdens you can bear, And all your evil ways forsake, In Heaven's bright joys at last to share.

The saints' redemption draweth near: A few more days of care and grief, A few more days to toil on here, Then Christ will come and bring relief. Then meekly bear thy cross, until For thee shall dawn that brighter day. In all things strive to do God's will; His laws and precepts all obey,

That when the last loud trumpet's sound Shall bid the sleeping saints arise, You may with that glad throng be found, Who joyful will ascend the skies, Thy warfare ended, victory won, No more the heavy cross to bear, But safe within thy heavenly home, Eternal joys are thine to share.

MARY E. GUILFORD. Castalia, Ohio.