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PRESENT AND FUTURE

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 31, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 31, No. 16.

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PRESENT AND FUTURE.

By L. D. Santee

ALAS! the earth is faded, and the autumn leaves are sere; Darker rests the curse upon it, heavier with each passing year. We should faint along the wayside, and our lives would be most drear, If there were no cheering promise, that the Saviour would appear.
Soon we'll say, Farewell to tempest; sorrows of the earth, farewell; Soon the morn will dawn in splendor, when the tried with Christ shall dwell. Then our hearts will thrill with rapture, former ills ne'er come to mind, From our eyes God wipes the teardrop, and we endless joys shall find.
Yes, our earth-worn hearts are gladdened, as we look but just ahead, Where the palm tree waves in beauty, and the flowers their fragrance shed. Where the glory of the Highest, fills the earth as waves the sea; When no more the martyr crieth, but is crowned with victory.
L. D. SANTEE.
Princeville, Ill.