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Life's Promise

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 24, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 39.

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Life's Promise

By Phœbe Carey

O, if this living soul, that many a time Above the low things of the earth doth climb, Up to the mountain top of faith sublime,— If she could only stay In that high place alway, And hear, in reverence bowed, God's voice behind the cloud;—
Or if, descending to the earth again, Its lesson in the heart might still remain; If we could keep the vision clear and plain, Nor let one jot escape, So that we still might shape Our lives to deeds sublime By that exalted time;—
Ah! what a world were ours to journey through! What deeds of love and mercy we should do, Making our lives so beautiful and true, That in our face would shine The light of love divine, Showing that we had stood Upon the mount of God.
— Phœbe Carey.