Untitled article by Sarah E. Lindsley

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

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

PUT NOT OFF FROM DAY TO DAY.

By Sarah E. Lindsley

Make no tarrying to turn to the Lord, and put not off from day to day; for suddenly shall the wrath of the Lord come forth; and in thy security thou shalt be destroyed, and perish in the day of vengeance. Ecclesiasticus 5, 7.

“MAKE thou no tarrying,” O my soul, To turn unto the Lord,” The judgment hastes, and as thy deeds, Thou ’lt soon receive reward. Hast thou a sin to overcome, A duty to perform, A cross to bear, and yet delay, Fearing thou ’lt meet with scorn?

Oh! put not off from day to day, Lest God should thee destroy, Lest e’en in thy security, Thou wilt be found alloy. Let not earth’s follies, idle jests, Thy precious time engage, Seek meekness, righteousness and grace, Thou hast a war to wage.

Be earnest, resolute and firm, Else thou wilt surely fail; Cry to the Lord for strength and help, Or thou canst ne’er prevail, Dear brother, sister, let us rouse, E’en let the weak arise, ’Tis time for them to say, “I’m strong,” And struggle for the prize.

Only a little while at most, Have we to struggle here, For signs in heaven and earth proclaim, Our blessed Saviour near. But when he comes, oh! will he find, Reader, both you and me Prepared to hail him with delight, And reign eternally?

Oh! solemn question! solemn thought! Oh! let us weigh it well; It may be so, we may be saved, And in bright mansions dwell. Then let us break away from earth, Take up our daily cross, And for the excellence of Christ, Count all things else but loss.

SARAH E. LINDSLEY. New Haven, N. Y.