p. 19 | Bearing the Cross

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 12, 1910

Bearing the Cross

The heaviest cross, the stronger faith; The loaded palm strikes deeper root; The vine juice sweetly issueth When men have pressed the clustered fruit.

And courage grows where dangers come, Like pearls beneath the salt sea foam. The heavier cross, the heartier prayer; The bruisèd herbs most fragrant are;

If wind and sky were always fair, The sailor would not watch the star; And David's psalms had ne'er been sung, If grief his heart had never wrung.

—Selected.