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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 10, 1908

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 85, No. 50.

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Christian Work

By J. P. OLMSTED

J. P. OLMSTED
THE blessed hope of Christ’s return To this dark world of woe Should give us hope and joy and peace To labor here below, That souls may hear and ready be For that momentous day, When earth shall yield God’s chosen few Whose sins are washed away.
What nobler aim or greater work Could man devise to do, Than warn the world of coming doom, And help the faithful, too? Like Jonah bold in Nineveh Proclaiming truth with power, Let us awake to speak the truth, And not in weakness cower.
The autumn days of earthly life Can not mistaken be: The time is short for you to work, And short it is for me. So we should work as ne’er before, While it is called To-day; O labor now for souls in sin, And garner sheaves away!
Kenilworth, Cape, South Africa.