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LINGER NOT

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 27, 1871

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 38, No. 2.

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LINGER NOT.

The time is short! If thou wouldst work for God it must be now; If thou wouldst win the garland for thy brow, Redeem the time.
Shake off earth’s sloth! Go forth with staff in hand while yet ’tis day; Set out with girded loins upon thy way— Up, linger not.
Fold not thy hands! What has the pilgrim of the cross and crown To do with luxury or couch of down? On, pilgrim, on.
Sheathe not the sword! The battle lies before thee, and the prize Hangs yonder, far above these earthly skies— Fight the good fight.
Life ebbs apace! Fast crumbles down this house of mortal clay, Fling not like dust thy precious hours away— The end is near.
Faint not, O man! Follow the Master through the glorious strife, Follow his footsteps till they end in life— Be strong in him.
With his reward He comes, he tarries not, his day is near; When least men look for him will he be here— Prepare for him.
Quar. Journal of Prophecy.