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Looking Inward

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California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists · Oakland, Cal. · Mar 11, 1875

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 1, No. 18.

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Looking Inward.

O Soul! if ever you with me Shall sail across the jasper sea, And see upon the shining sands Him with the nail prints in his hands; If ever we shall find the the grace; To look upon his glorious face, And touch the robe without a seam, Our hope has been no idle dream.
For in the world where work and care Are round about us everywhere; Where crime creeps in, and sin obscures, And patient suffering endures; Where wealth rides by in purple state, And misery sits outside the gate; What ground is left for human trust, If life is all, and we are dust?
No! if beneath the mantling snow Are roots from which the violets grow; And if the rose-tree blooms again If sunny skies and April rain; If after all the spring-time showers Bring summer buds and gorgeous flowers, So, out of all the damp and mould Of death, do saintly souls unfold.