A Birthday Thought by Mrs. I. H. Evans

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · Feb 3, 1916

A Birthday Thought

By Mrs. I. H. Evans

MRS. I. H. EVANS

(Written to a friend on his fiftieth birthday)

TIME was (ah, well indeed we all remember!) When Fifty seemed The period, the last day of December, To all we’d dreamed.

But as we’ve neared that dreaded day, Or reached it, Our point of view By some surprising mental transformation Is all made new.

“Fifty — the end?” we cry. “O, never, never! We’ve just begun! A thousand tasks await our eager doing Ere set of sun.”

. . . . .

So, friend, we wish for all of life before you, Faith, hope, and praise, And that in every trial the “strength sufficient” May bless your days.