A Voice From the Equator by DELWIN R. BUCKNER

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 11, 1909

A Voice From the Equator

By DELWIN R. BUCKNER

DELWIN R. BUCKNER

From palm-girt strands, where briny waters roar, From snow-clad peaks, that pierce a tropic sky, A cry from Ecuador sounds, like the cry That came to Paul from Macedonia’s shore. Oh, who will bear the message, big with hope, The message of the coming of the King,— A message, that, within its path, will bring Light to a people who in darkness grope? Their land is full of idols they engrave From stones, or wood, or metals of more worth, And yet they bow to them, and bend their knees, As if an image could have power to save, And not the One, who made the sky and earth, The sea, and all the host that dwell in these. Ambato, Ecuador.