p. 9 | The Transformed Life by Ernest G. Wesley

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Feb 15, 1906

The Transformed Life

By Ernest G. Wesley

ONE morning as I careless stood, And from a window facing east, Looked down upon the grass beneath, A dazzling gem before me lay— So clear, so bright, so beautiful, That beams of rising sun were grasped, Reflected back with rainbow hues, And splendors, deepening, revealed.

I looked, surprised and overjoyed, A prize so radiant to find Within my easy reach, my own. Entranced, its beauty held me there. From every view new glories flashed; And from the bower where it lay Its rays now shone with brighter light, Declaring value yet untold.

Then, as I watched and thought to take That priceless gem within my hand, It passed from sight, and left no more Than drop of dew upon the grass,— A drop of dew transformed by light Which shone upon its surface pure; Its glories were reflected rays.

As drop of dew by light transformed To diamond of spotless form, So, when in light of Christ we live, Transformed are we by Life divine, No longer self, but Christ is seen; His life is ours, his light, his love; We shine, but in his glory beams; All that we are, we are in him.

—Ernest G. Wesley, in Christian Advocate.