CONSECRATED by E. Warren

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 10, 1869

CONSECRATED.

By E. Warren

Oh, the sweetness of the spirit That to Christ is fully given! The last sinful thing rejected, There is room for joy from Heaven.

Who can tell the rich, full blessing, Gushing from the springs of love, All supplied from those pure fountains From which seraphs drink above.

Oh! so pure must be our being, Ere this life and love comes in; For the stream from Heaven flows feebly, O'er the rubbish of our sin.

And a mountain wall arises, Reared by guilt around our souls; Here the gentle stream must tarry, Checked, rebuffed, aback it rolls.

Let us tear away the hindrance, Though it leave our dwelling bare; Then may flow the healing waters, Heaven's blossoms flourish there.

E. WARREN.