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The Joyous Day

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Mar 22, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 12.

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The Joyous Day

By Harriet Prescott Spofford

WHEN we pray, Thy will be done, Every day beneath the sun, As it is in heaven, do we Think how vast the change must be, What surcease of strife and stress, What the peace and perfectness?
As it is in heaven. Then must All our being breathe but trust, In the life of that new earth No rebellious thought have birth; In that radiant atmosphere Mighty love must cast out fear.
As it is in heaven. Then Love for God and love for men Every heart would overflow, Self would be forgotten so— All our joy and all our dream But beneficence supreme.
Speeding here, and speeding there, Just God's work our only care, Just God's will the only one; When that will on earth is done As it is in heaven, we Must ourselves God's angels be!
—Harriet Prescott Spofford.